Comments on: Skill Challenge: Babysitting the Brats http://dungeonsmaster.com/2009/09/skill-challenge-babysitting-the-brats/ A Dungeons & Dragons Resource Blog For Dungeon Masters & Players Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:58:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ameron http://dungeonsmaster.com/2009/09/skill-challenge-babysitting-the-brats/comment-page-1/#comment-4365 Ameron Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:09:02 +0000 http://dungeonsmaster.com/?p=2555#comment-4365 @Aoi I’m glad you like this skill challenge. If you do use it (or a variation) please leave us a comment about how it worked out. One of the most difficult parts of creating skill challenges is to have meaningful consequences if the PCs fail. You don’t want to kill them, but they have to feel like they’ve missed out on something. In this example I imagine they’ll have to pay to accomplish the task at hand whereas if they succeeded it would be given for free as a thank you. @Aoi

I’m glad you like this skill challenge. If you do use it (or a variation) please leave us a comment about how it worked out.

One of the most difficult parts of creating skill challenges is to have meaningful consequences if the PCs fail. You don’t want to kill them, but they have to feel like they’ve missed out on something. In this example I imagine they’ll have to pay to accomplish the task at hand whereas if they succeeded it would be given for free as a thank you.

]]> By: Aoi http://dungeonsmaster.com/2009/09/skill-challenge-babysitting-the-brats/comment-page-1/#comment-4360 Aoi Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:37:33 +0000 http://dungeonsmaster.com/?p=2555#comment-4360 Very interesting and unusual idea for a skill challenge. It would definitely break from the norm while still offering lots of action and, more important, total hilarity (this sounds like it would be great with my group). Hopefully, though, if the PCs fail the challenge, they will have alternative means to get whatever the favor was supposed to get them. Very interesting and unusual idea for a skill challenge. It would definitely break from the norm while still offering lots of action and, more important, total hilarity (this sounds like it would be great with my group).

Hopefully, though, if the PCs fail the challenge, they will have alternative means to get whatever the favor was supposed to get them.

]]> By: Ameron http://dungeonsmaster.com/2009/09/skill-challenge-babysitting-the-brats/comment-page-1/#comment-4357 Ameron Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:42:38 +0000 http://dungeonsmaster.com/?p=2555#comment-4357 Thanks to Ashonee for providing the idea behind this skill challenge. Thanks to Ashonee for providing the idea behind this skill challenge.

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