The biggest problem with skill challenges for many DMs is developing a narrative that doesn’t become forced or strained or (worst of all) come to a dead stop. Narration sometimes comes to a standstill because players lack developing feedback during the skill challenge process.   Having players constantly throwing themselves against the same construct or [...]

The desert presents many dangers to those who travel through it.  It burns travellers under the sun, freezes them under the moon; it wrings journeyers dry and warps the mind with illusion.  Over time, the sands of the desert can break the will of the hardiest soul;  many have perished under the burning sun, begging [...]

Merchants in ruffled silk bark over each other while mothers cluck after their children. Guardsmen walk two abreast in worn mail, leaning into each stall in search of improprieties. The market smells of bread, sweat, the forge, and perfumes all at once.
You push your way shoulder-first through the packed cobblestone streets, your minds and mouths [...]

The cavern is so dark  here that it absorbs light. It makes candles of your torches and lanterns, shadows diminishing even magical light. You can see no farther than your hands can reach.  You slowly make your journey, the darkness playing tricks of vision and  mind. The darkness retreats, reforms, taunts, and cajoles.  [...]

A long time ago, I had this idea for making adventures that are just a series of chained together skill challenges.  It would be like a Dungeon Delve but with SCs in their place!
Basically what it would be is this: three linked Skill Challenges that form a mini-adventure, similar in operation to a Dungeon Delve.
One [...]