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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 7559678" data-attributes="member: 16814"><p>No offense, but this reads like someone looking for 3.x or Pathfinder 1, where most everything is already codified in the ruleset. 5e doesn't play like that. Go back to the very beginning of the PHB and read the play procedure outlined there: the DM describes the scene, the players declare actions, and the DM determines if those actions automatically succeed, automatically fail, or are uncertain. If uncertain, an ability check is called for and the DM assigns a DC based on the scene as described and the action as described. If the task is easy, DC 10, medium DC 15, hard DC 20, very hard DC 25, nearly impossible DC 30. There's no need for your list of DCs because it's already right there: you described the wall, and the player's declaration to climb it seems uncertain to you, so, based on your description and the declared action (are they trying to scramble up the wall or are they being careful and using tools?) decide how hard it would be and, bam, your DC is set.</p><p></p><p>This doesn't appeal to everyone, and that's fine -- as you've noted there are many other games out there that will provide you much more codified rules. Find one and enjoy gaming!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 7559678, member: 16814"] No offense, but this reads like someone looking for 3.x or Pathfinder 1, where most everything is already codified in the ruleset. 5e doesn't play like that. Go back to the very beginning of the PHB and read the play procedure outlined there: the DM describes the scene, the players declare actions, and the DM determines if those actions automatically succeed, automatically fail, or are uncertain. If uncertain, an ability check is called for and the DM assigns a DC based on the scene as described and the action as described. If the task is easy, DC 10, medium DC 15, hard DC 20, very hard DC 25, nearly impossible DC 30. There's no need for your list of DCs because it's already right there: you described the wall, and the player's declaration to climb it seems uncertain to you, so, based on your description and the declared action (are they trying to scramble up the wall or are they being careful and using tools?) decide how hard it would be and, bam, your DC is set. This doesn't appeal to everyone, and that's fine -- as you've noted there are many other games out there that will provide you much more codified rules. Find one and enjoy gaming! [/QUOTE]
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