New Posts For Thread: What do players want more of?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/19396618/What_do_players_want_more_ofHey all -As posted in a recent thread, sometimes the goofy stuff in an adventure (whether it be in reference to roleplaying styles, monster types, or what-have-you) can be quite dividing for players.So... what do you want to see more of in LFR? PartI second the notion that skill challenges need a bit of mixing-up.  Bluff, Diplomacy, Intimidate, and Streetwise seem to dominate the skill challenges; if you're not playing a charismatic soul, it's easy to feel left out.Also, a big "yes, please" tohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/19396618/What_do_players_want_more_of?post_id=388979985#388979985I second the notion that skill challenges need a bit of mixing-up.  Bluff, Diplomacy, Intimidate, and Streetwise seem to dominate the skill challenges; if you're not playing a charismatic soul, it's easy to feel left out.Also, a big "yes, please" toMon, 01 Feb 2010 12:09:43 -0600It feels a bit weird at first, but this works a LOT better if you reverse the order of the actions you just described.  Have the PC roll a Diplomacy check, and then give him the opportunity to RP the result.  It's like taking some complicated acrobhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/19396618/What_do_players_want_more_of?post_id=388978733#388978733It feels a bit weird at first, but this works a LOT better if you reverse the order of the actions you just described.  Have the PC roll a Diplomacy check, and then give him the opportunity to RP the result.  It's like taking some complicated acrobMon, 01 Feb 2010 11:52:35 -0600We put in overleveled 'opponents' in cases where a monstrous creature appears but is not ment to be fought.* In those cases, we put in stats to give PCs the freedom to fight - even htough ath would generally not yield anything.Whether a figth actuallhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/19396618/What_do_players_want_more_of?post_id=388973149#388973149We put in overleveled 'opponents' in cases where a monstrous creature appears but is not ment to be fought.* In those cases, we put in stats to give PCs the freedom to fight - even htough ath would generally not yield anything.Whether a figth actuallMon, 01 Feb 2010 10:44:19 -06001.  Extensive role-playing instructions to the DM in skill challenges has been nixed in my experience.  This isn't in the writer guidelines, but it's something I've consistently seen.  I think the desired effect is that the DM is expected to runhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/19396618/What_do_players_want_more_of?post_id=388970233#3889702331.  Extensive role-playing instructions to the DM in skill challenges has been nixed in my experience.  This isn't in the writer guidelines, but it's something I've consistently seen.  I think the desired effect is that the DM is expected to runMon, 01 Feb 2010 10:00:04 -0600It would be easier to write adventures if we didn't have an XP budget or a requitement of two combats every adventure.Now, I occasionally have to add a combat because, well, we *have to*. Skill challenges are tough, too. Working on an investigative shttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/19396618/What_do_players_want_more_of?post_id=388953213#388953213It would be easier to write adventures if we didn't have an XP budget or a requitement of two combats every adventure.Now, I occasionally have to add a combat because, well, we *have to*. Skill challenges are tough, too. Working on an investigative sMon, 01 Feb 2010 04:01:25 -0600