Fire is fascinating. Dancing flames look almost lifelike. Fire is both beautiful and dangerous. The sound of a voice that cries out “Fire!” instills fear in all who hear it, especially if that cry awakens you from a deep night’s sleep.
One of our loyal readers requested that we build a skill challenge about fire. It’s an interesting concept that can be handled in many different ways. A great skill challenge called City Ablaze is already available from At-will, in which the PCs start from a position of safety and rush to save people and property as they work to put out the fire.
We at Dungeon’s Master decided to approach this scenario from a different perspective. What if the PCs begin the skill challenge inside a building that is already on fire? Do they bolt for the nearest exit? Do they try to search for others trapped in the fire? Do they try to save valuables? What if they can’t get out? Checks for handling all of these scenarios are presented below in our latest skill challenge: Playing With Fire.