Inspired 4e Design
Discussing matters of Diplomacy over at Trollsmyth’s, I suggested that skill challenges would be a worthy way to merge the crunch with the fluff of PC/NPC interactions. The clever riposte I recieved (en garde !) is that skill challenges are bah-roken.
But never fear! Help is on the way. Stalker on the ENWorld forums has presented the problem, and the cure.
A Jack of All Trades ,or if you prefer, an extreme example of multi-classing, Gamefiend, a.k.a Quinn Murphy has been discussing, playing and designing games straight out of the womb. He is the owner and Editor-in-Chief of this site in addition to being an aspiring game designer. As you would assume, he is a huge fan of 4e.
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I look forward to seeing how they work in actual play. When I first heard about them, they seemed like a great idea to steal, er, I mean, adopt for other versions of D&D. I’m also considering something similar for handling traps, since I’ve banished the thief class from my Moldvay/Cook/Labyrinth Lord hack.
- Brian
yeah, I’m going to open up my game with some skill challenges and see how they go. The interesting setup I have (I’ll be detailing it in the blog next week) is going to be the players competing against locals at a Fair in various games/contests of skill.