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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 4737391" data-attributes="member: 2020">Let me get to all the posts a little later (I'm only online a moment here!)    I was going under some assumptions concerning skill ranks:  1 rank = minor (but potentially significant) knowledge in the subject  2 ranks = minor (but potentially even more significant) knowledge in the subject  3 ranks = general beginner's knowledge in the subject  5 ranks = hobbyist in the subject  8 ranks = very dedicated hobbyist in the subject  10 ranks = able to function fully in the subject on the most basic of levels (they might or might not let you join the high school orchestra)  15 ranks = able to function as a quasi-professional in the subject (they might or might not let you join the local symphony orchestra)  20 ranks = able to function as a professional (they might or might not allow you to join a major symphony orchestra)  23 ranks = a very great professional (they might or might not let you join the London Symphony Orchestra)  25 ranks = a prodigidal level of ability in the subject (you could be first violinist in the London Symphony Orchestra, or a concert pianist who dazzled the world with your performances)  In short:  DC 5 = easy (no need to roll a check)  DC 8 = modest (no need to roll a check except under extraordinary circumstances)  DC 10 = moderately difficult (training and effort required for success long term)  DC 15 = very difficult (only a trained person can succeed long term, and they have to really try)  DC 20 = extraordinarily difficult (professional only, and they must practice for years to hope to achieve success in long term endeavors)  DC 25 = prodigal effort, incredible feat (prodigy only, a lifetime spent to be able to achieve long term success at this level)  DC 26 through 30:  Olympic world records broken one by one, until you reach the limit of what humans have accomplished on the record books.  DC 31 through 40:  Ripley's Believe It Or Not (someone lifting a 1,000 pound end of a car into the air, off her child), supernatural achievements drawing upon magical or psionic or extraordinary (not real life) capabilities, talent increasingly beyond anything achievable by humans  DC 41 through 50:  Very incredible supernatural talent, reality defying feats of skill, the greatest of heroics from stories  DC 51+ :  Epic ability, superheroic ability, this gets into the realm of comic books or duplicating magical spells (without magic.)  DC 70+ :  Superheroic ability worthy of the Fantastic Four, duplicating the effect of mid-level magical spells (without magic)  DC 100+ :  Great superheroic powers, duplicating the effects of high level spells up to 8th level (without magic)</blockquote>

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