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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8219313" data-attributes="member: 2629">[USER=6747584]@Corrosive[/USER] Glad you found what you were looking for already, but to supplement it:Consider whether the check is one that all, or only one, PC needs to make.&nbsp; That has a dramatic effect on selecting a reasonable DC for a check.If your skill check is to see if a PC knows some obscure lore, only one PC needs to make the check.&nbsp; You may set a very high DC for such as check in a high level game.&nbsp; However, if the ability check in question is to leap from one side of a collapsed bridge to another with a giant Sphere of Annihilation beneath it, setting a very high DC may be condemning some weaker PCs to death.&nbsp; Also to consider: When a PC obtains proficiency in a skill that partners with their prime ability scores, that should be something they are very good at doing.&nbsp; If they have expertise on top of that, they should be unreasonably good.&nbsp; That is an investment of resources, and it should be paid off rather than just seeing the DC raised to offset their high skills.&nbsp; That is the primary reason for the system that is agnostic to the abilities of the PCs when it sets DCs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8219313, member: 2629"] [USER=6747584]@Corrosive[/USER] Glad you found what you were looking for already, but to supplement it: Consider whether the check is one that all, or only one, PC needs to make. That has a dramatic effect on selecting a reasonable DC for a check. If your skill check is to see if a PC knows some obscure lore, only one PC needs to make the check. You may set a very high DC for such as check in a high level game. However, if the ability check in question is to leap from one side of a collapsed bridge to another with a giant Sphere of Annihilation beneath it, setting a very high DC may be condemning some weaker PCs to death. Also to consider: When a PC obtains proficiency in a skill that partners with their prime ability scores, that should be something they are very good at doing. If they have expertise on top of that, they should be unreasonably good. That is an investment of resources, and it should be paid off rather than just seeing the DC raised to offset their high skills. That is the primary reason for the system that is agnostic to the abilities of the PCs when it sets DCs. [/QUOTE]

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