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The Fighter is using the skill in the comparison. A DC 15 check by an 8 Str Wizard untrained at 1st level means the Wizard needs to roll a 16 or 25% of the time. The 20 Strength, 20th level(+6 proficiency) Fighter has a +11 and therefore needs to roll a 4, or 85% of the time.

Well sure, you can make that DC 15 a DC 20 check to challenge that high level 20 Strength Fighter. But doesn't that sound suspiciously like changing the DC of the check to match up better with the level of the PC?

Well sure, you can make that DC 15 a DC 20 check to challenge that high level 20 Strength Fighter. But doesn't that sound suspiciously like changing the DC of the check to match up better with the level of the PC?

If a door is DC 26 regardless of tier, they could very well be the same door in fiction. And a Paragon tier PC might be expected to be at 7(level)+5(training)+6(stat) or +18, so needs an 8 or 65% of the time where the Epic Demigod might be 12+5+8 or +25 and therefore auto-succeeds. Hmm —...

If a door is DC 26 regardless of tier, they could very well be the same door in fiction. And a Paragon tier PC might be expected to be at 7(level)+5(training)+6(stat) or +18, so needs an 8 or 65% of the time where the Epic Demigod might be 12+5+8 or +25 and therefore auto-succeeds. Hmm —...

Right. And because 5e changes the difficulty over level in most ways, it doesn't actually use Bounded Accuracy. Monsters get proficiency based on CR as an example and bumps to AC = proficiency+expected stat boosts. Higher level games feature DC 15 and DC 20 skill checks where lower level games...

Right. And because 5e changes the difficulty over level in most ways, it doesn't actually use Bounded Accuracy. Monsters get proficiency based on CR as an example and bumps to AC = proficiency+expected stat boosts. Higher level games feature DC 15 and DC 20 skill checks where lower level games...

Bounded Accuracy doesn't exist. 5e is 4e/2 math, just with a lot of smoke and mirrors to make it difficult to figure out. If you would get a +4 to hit in 4e from leveling up in 4e total due to everything, you ought to get a +2 to hit in 5e due to everything. If you would be expected get +12 to...

Bounded Accuracy doesn't exist. 5e is 4e/2 math, just with a lot of smoke and mirrors to make it difficult to figure out. If you would get a +4 to hit in 4e from leveling up in 4e total due to everything, you ought to get a +2 to hit in 5e due to everything. If you would be expected get +12 to...

Except oddly enough, level 15 PCs see DC 20 checks as often level 1 PCs see DC 15. And level 15 PCs don't see all that many DC 15 checks, just as level 1 PCs don't see all that many DC 10 checks. Almost as if it would be expected that they'd have a +5 to the skill check for some strange reason...

Except oddly enough, level 15 PCs see DC 20 checks as often level 1 PCs see DC 15. And level 15 PCs don't see all that many DC 15 checks, just as level 1 PCs don't see all that many DC 10 checks. Almost as if it would be expected that they'd have a +5 to the skill check for some strange reason...

No problem at all. Some of us are still playing on roll20 — BaldHermit, Martyr, myself and occasionally a few others in a big 100 person or so group: Would be awesome if you could play there. Some really good new optimizers on there as well...

4e has a page of rules about how the DM should accomplish this on page 42 of DMG. It makes suggestions about likely overall suggested outcomes and DCs to set. So if someone wanted to spend an encounter power to leap on the Beholder and grab its eyestalks, I know exactly how I'd resolve that...

4e has a page of rules about how the DM should accomplish this on page 42 of DMG. It makes suggestions about likely overall suggested outcomes and DCs to set. So if someone wanted to spend an encounter power to leap on the Beholder and grab its eyestalks, I know exactly how I'd resolve that...

Your theoretical 4e fighter isn't theoretical. Spells increase either in power and/or targets. That's quadratic. Making mass targets helpless or lose actions is much more powerful than against single targets. And there are a number of single target damage spells that can do crazy damage —...

Your theoretical 4e fighter isn't theoretical. Spells increase either in power and/or targets. That's quadratic. Making mass targets helpless or lose actions is much more powerful than against single targets. And there are a number of single target damage spells that can do crazy damage —...

I take it you've never seen a Variant Human 5e Bard with the Alert feat+16 Dex+Jack of All Trades(so +8 or 9 initiative) with a Bardic Instrument throw down Hypnotic Pattern in every combat and watched every encounter basically auto-fail their saving throws? Because I've sat down at a table...

I take it you've never seen a Variant Human 5e Bard with the Alert feat+16 Dex+Jack of All Trades(so +8 or 9 initiative) with a Bardic Instrument throw down Hypnotic Pattern in every combat and watched every encounter basically auto-fail their saving throws? Because I've sat down at a table...

A Fighter in 4e can be a non-magical batman in the exact same way that a Fighter in 5e does. Pick options that involve lots of attacks and easily explained effects. So a Str/Dex Tempest Fighter with Rain of Blows, Trip Up, Bash & Pummel who goes Shock Trooper as a Paragon Path is an incredibly...

A Fighter in 4e can be a non-magical batman in the exact same way that a Fighter in 5e does. Pick options that involve lots of attacks and easily explained effects. So a Str/Dex Tempest Fighter with Rain of Blows, Trip Up, Bash & Pummel who goes Shock Trooper as a Paragon Path is an incredibly...