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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 8191670" data-attributes="member: 6788736">In 3.5 the DC (rope with wall to brace on) was DC 0.Meaning that in 99.99999 percent of cases you didn't need to bother with a check either. To fail to climb a rope with a wall to brace on, you needed a Str of less than 8, to be rushed and unable to 'take 10', have no ranks in Climb, AND to roll a natural 1.Even then you don't fall. You just don't make any forward progress.Specific to 5E, the  rules are:<a href="https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Movement#toc_5" target="_blank">Roll20</a>Only a 'slippery vertical surface', or 'one with few handholds' requires a Str (Athletics) check. Climbing a knotted rope with a wall to brace on is neither of those things, and does not require a check.If the rope was slippery (it's raining) or the PCs were in a hurry, I might require a DC 5 Check (same DC as 3.5, with failure by 5 or more indicating a fall). If they took damage while Climbing, I might also require a Strength save (DC 10) to stay on the wall as well.But as a general rule, climbing (unless a slippery vertical surface, or one with few handholds) does not require a check at all.Requiring 3 x DC 12 checks to climb a rope? Eeek.</blockquote>