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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Smeelbo" data-source="post: 4656074" data-attributes="member: 81898">PHB180 states that you can "make an Acrobatics check to...somersault over an opponent...," but gives no real guidelines other than "if the stunt fails, you fall prone," and that the DM may "say a stunt won't work," or "set a high DC." Obviously, it would provoke an opportunity attack, successful or not. But what is an appropriate DC? My first instinct is to look at an equivalent High Jump, and set the DC comparable to that. So assuming a jump over a medium creature needs to clear 5', or one square. From standing, a 5' high jump would be DC50, or DC25 with a running start. These seem like reasonable DCs. If the height necessary were 7' instead, it would be DC70, or DC35, which seems not worth considering.  However, this is essentially letting a character Jump with an Acrobatics check, while jumping normally requires an Athletics check. I personally don't have have a problem with having some overlap between Acrobatics and Athletics. Or you might look at a Long Jump of 4 squares or 20', which would clear one square, or 5'. The DC for that would be DC40 from standing, or DC20 with a running start. That also appears somewhere near the ballpark. A 6 square long jump would clear 7.5' with a DC60 from standing, or DC30 with a running start. Do you think I am on the right track? Smeelbo</blockquote>