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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scott Christian" data-source="post: 9699398" data-attributes="member: 6901101">Interesting. I am a much more of a success/failure type of DM. No gradients for me. It overcomplicates the game in my opinion. Also, I don't really like a whimsy DM as a player. What's the DC? 15? Cool. I rolled 14+2=16. Success. But I have seen it done in gradients, and it is really good for some DMs and players. No knock, just not my cup of tea. For example, your castle wall. I might, as a DM, start by saying it's tough. You can only attempt it if you have proficiency in acrobatics or athletics. Maybe only you can spot the route up or can adjust your body enough to succeed on the first deadpoint maneuver. Then, if you succeed, you can coach others how to get up because you know the route, or you can help them by lowering a rope, or you can place pitons into the wall to help them. If they succeed, great. They can help others. If they fail, they take fall damage. Of course, for this example, if I am requiring them to "scale the castle wall" I am going to build in one or two other ways into where they need to be. Alternative skill paths, to me, are key.</blockquote>