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<blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5720171" data-attributes="member: 90804">Remember that this is a game. Remember also that 4e is not so big on simulating reality as earlier editions of the game.Reading the online compendium's glossary entry on the Athletics skill, which covers climbing, reveals no penalty to attacking while climbing. You DO grant combat advantage while you're climbing, and you DO have to make another Athletics check to avoid falling if you take damage while climbing.If you have a climb speed (as in your monk's case), then you DON'T grant combat advantage while climbing. The &quot;climb speed&quot; entry in the glossary is slightly unclear on the point of whether you are at risk of falling if you take damage while climbing, but I interpret it as saying that no, you don't have to make an Athletics check to keep from falling if you have a climb speed and take damage while climbing.If you want to introduce a house rule that says a PC needs to have a free hand in order to climb or has some kind of penalty or some restriction about which powers and weapons can be used while climbing, feel free to include one at your table!Also, if you want to keep the rules as written and try to make them SOMEWHAT realistic, picture the person vertical with their feet in niches on the wall, rather than sticking horizontally out from the wall. Still pretty crazy to think that you could attack just as well in that position as you could on solid ground, but less crazy than having your body parallel to the floor.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OnlineDM, post: 5720171, member: 90804"] Remember that this is a game. Remember also that 4e is not so big on simulating reality as earlier editions of the game. Reading the online compendium's glossary entry on the Athletics skill, which covers climbing, reveals no penalty to attacking while climbing. You DO grant combat advantage while you're climbing, and you DO have to make another Athletics check to avoid falling if you take damage while climbing. If you have a climb speed (as in your monk's case), then you DON'T grant combat advantage while climbing. The "climb speed" entry in the glossary is slightly unclear on the point of whether you are at risk of falling if you take damage while climbing, but I interpret it as saying that no, you don't have to make an Athletics check to keep from falling if you have a climb speed and take damage while climbing. If you want to introduce a house rule that says a PC needs to have a free hand in order to climb or has some kind of penalty or some restriction about which powers and weapons can be used while climbing, feel free to include one at your table! Also, if you want to keep the rules as written and try to make them SOMEWHAT realistic, picture the person vertical with their feet in niches on the wall, rather than sticking horizontally out from the wall. Still pretty crazy to think that you could attack just as well in that position as you could on solid ground, but less crazy than having your body parallel to the floor. [/QUOTE]

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