Diplomatic Immunity: Three on the Boat

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Kalli]
"Sure. You can go up there whenever you like. I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it, but I'm sure that you're an expert climber, living in the jungle and all, among the great trees of the Conacian Rainforest."
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[Brother Shatterstone]

Kallithyia: Palmaid/Female (Amazon)

RA: [sblock]“So no race to the top or company?” Kallithyia says with some disappointment but it quickly fades, “well I can comeback later if I want too. Should we continue to storage then?”[/sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Kalli]
"Oh I'll try to get up there, but I might fall. You'll have to catch me, k?"
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[Brother Shatterstone]

Kallithyia: Palmaid/Female (Amazon)

RA: [sblock]“Sure, Lavinia,” Kallithyia agreed quickly with a warm smile as she concluded that the young woman didn’t like heights, “we won’t race and I’ll be right behind you all the way up, okay?” [/sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Kalli]
"Okay..."

*Kalli and Lavinia both attempt to climb the rigging, and they both fail, with Kalli falling down*

(OOC: Just noticed Kalli's 0 ranks in Climb.)
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[Brother Shatterstone]

RA: [SBLOCK]

OOC: Ah, I see. I figured you where just RPing her being scared. (Even mentioned it IC) I just looked and it seems like a Crow’s Nest would be a DC of 10 and their not racing so why didn’t they just take a 10?

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[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Kalli]
(OOC: They can't take 10 because they have a chance of failing by 5 or more and falling. They wound up rolling 3 and 4 )
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[Brother Shatterstone]

RA: [SBLOCK]

OOC: Fine, shall we delete posts then? (Also for the future can you mention when I skill is going to be needed and I want to see the OOC for combat and dice rolls now. I change my mind from before.

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[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Kalli]
(OOC: They can always try again )

*Kalli and Lavinia try to climb up to the crow's nest again, and this time they make it to the top, Kalli easily and Lavinia with a pretty large amount of difficulty teetering and nearly falling a few times until Kalli catches her hand.*

(OOC:

Kalli 9 + 2 = 11, Success
Lavinia 12 + 2 = 14, Success
Kalli 12 + 2 = 14, Success
Lavinia 5 + 2 = 7, No Progress

Kalli 9 + 2 = 11, Success
Lavinia 16 + 2 = 18, Success
Kalli 11 + 2 = 13, Success
Lavinia 4 + 2 = 6, No Progress

Lavinia 4 + 2 = 6, No Progress
Lavinia 5 + 2 = 7, No Progress

Lavinia 5 + 2 = 7, No Progress
Lavinia 10 + 2 = 12, Success

Lavinia 13 + 2 = 15, Success)
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[Brother Shatterstone]

RA: [SBLOCK]

(OOC: They can't take 10 because they have a chance of failing by 5 or more and falling. They wound up rolling 3 and 4 )

Also do you have a page number for this? (I have acess to my PHB right now but cannot really flip through it (lack of lighting in this room.)

I'm only seeing this:

When your character is not being threatened or distracted, you may choose to take 10. Instead of rolling 1d20 for the skill check, calculate your result as if you had rolled a 10. For many routine tasks, taking 10 makes them automatically successful. Distractions or threats (such as combat) make it impossible for a character to take 10. In most cases, taking 10 is purely a safety measure —you know (or expect) that an average roll will succeed but fear that a poor roll might fail, so you elect to settle for the average roll (a 10). Taking 10 is especially useful in situations where a particularly high roll wouldn’t help.

When you have plenty of time (generally 2 minutes for a skill that can normally be checked in 1 round, one full-round action, or one standard action), you are faced with no threats or distractions, and the skill being attempted carries no penalties for failure, you can take 20. In other words, eventually you will get a 20 on 1d20 if you roll enough times. Instead of rolling 1d20 for the skill check, just calculate your result as if you had rolled a 20.

This seems more like they wouldn't be able to take a 20 than a 10... You know the rules better than I do so what am I doing wrong here?

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