Skill challenges... the most exciting and the most disappointing new feature of 4th Edition. The concept of an encounter focused on skills instead of combat is fantastic, but when 4e shipped, skill challenges were terribly broken and the sample challenges were insipid.

Thankfully, the Dungeon Master's Guide 2 rectified many of the issues and dolled out some sound advice and solid examples of what skill challenges should be.

In today's Quick Tip on Skill Challenges, I offer three pieces of advice on designing and running these new encounters.