Comments on: How To Design a Skill Challenge #3 Part 3: Nesting http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/2009/02/how-to-design-a-skill-challenge-3-part-3-nesting/ Inspired 4e Design Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:35:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: gamefiend http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/2009/02/how-to-design-a-skill-challenge-3-part-3-nesting/comment-page-1/#comment-1403 gamefiend Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:55:54 +0000 http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/?p=335#comment-1403 Hi Lindharin, sorry for the late reply. In general I don't let the players know --I map out the possibilities of the challenge but it's the players job to come up with strategies and other actions. In the example, if the players have lured the guard over, most likely they've already put that plan into motion. The main key is supplying narrative so that the players are clear on what sort of things they can do. Maybe hinting at his vulnerabilities can lead them to these or other actions. Thanks for commenting. I hope that answers your questions. Hi Lindharin, sorry for the late reply. In general I don’t let the players know –I map out the possibilities of the challenge but it’s the players job to come up with strategies and other actions. In the example, if the players have lured the guard over, most likely they’ve already put that plan into motion. The main key is supplying narrative so that the players are clear on what sort of things they can do. Maybe hinting at his vulnerabilities can lead them to these or other actions.

Thanks for commenting. I hope that answers your questions.

]]> By: Lindharin http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/2009/02/how-to-design-a-skill-challenge-3-part-3-nesting/comment-page-1/#comment-1395 Lindharin Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:08:33 +0000 http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/?p=335#comment-1395 One of the things I'm unclear on is how to convey nesting to the players. Actually, even in a basic skill challenge with just branching, do you spell out the choices for the players before they make them? In your nesting example, do they get to know up front that a successful Bluff will open up either Thievery or the possibility of a Knockout? When do they find out that Knockout is a 3 success or fail? Do you provide a list of the actions and their consequences to them at the start of the SC, or reveal it only if the players choose an action first? One of the things I’m unclear on is how to convey nesting to the players. Actually, even in a basic skill challenge with just branching, do you spell out the choices for the players before they make them? In your nesting example, do they get to know up front that a successful Bluff will open up either Thievery or the possibility of a Knockout? When do they find out that Knockout is a 3 success or fail? Do you provide a list of the actions and their consequences to them at the start of the SC, or reveal it only if the players choose an action first?

]]> By: Questing GM http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/2009/02/how-to-design-a-skill-challenge-3-part-3-nesting/comment-page-1/#comment-1382 Questing GM Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:27:19 +0000 http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/?p=335#comment-1382 Very interesting. Very interesting.

]]> By: JackOfHearts http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/2009/02/how-to-design-a-skill-challenge-3-part-3-nesting/comment-page-1/#comment-1372 JackOfHearts Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:15:00 +0000 http://at-will.omnivangelist.net/?p=335#comment-1372 I am really liking these posts. Thanks! I am really liking these posts. Thanks!

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