Dungeons & Dragons… Next
And here we are in the announcement’s warm afterglow. By now, I think the word about the next iteration of D&D has reached every corner of the tubes, and there’s not much to say beyond what the NY Times, CNN, the Escapist, ENworld, and scads of other sites have said today. You might have noticed I’ve been quiet the last few months and now you know why. I just have a bit more to say before I dive back into the land of work.
When It All Goes Wrong
OK. Fine. One more post about skill challenges and then I’m done. The reason for drilling a bit further into this topic is that there’s still a great deal of unease and confusion about how this game mechanic should work at the table, especially when the skill challenge unravels in a spectacular fashion. How should a DM respond when the challenge falls apart? How do we get back on script?