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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9538799" data-attributes="member: 23751">No, it's absolutely not.  Scaling DC is the exact same lock being DC 10 at 1st level, DC 15 at 5th level, DC 20 at 10th level, etc.  That is scaling DC as in it scales with the PC levels.  Being able to set a static DC is not scaling, since the PC level is 100% irrelevant to setting it and once set, it stays that DC unless some outside force improves or weakens it.Nope.  If it did, then a 1st level PC could detect Asmodeus's lies just the same as the 20th level PC.  A DC 10 door is going to be DC 10 for the 30th level PC as well.  That's not scaling DCs.Right. He's talking about how it works in 3e.  You set the DC and it does not change with PC level.  If I set a DC 15 for something when you are 5th level, it's going to be the same DC 15 when you are 8th, 12th and 20th level.I also doubt he truly means/meant "for any reason."  I suspect that if there was a DC 20 to break a door and you had a wood rot potion, the DC to break it would drop drastically.  Outside forces can alter DCs, but absent that sort of event, the DC will remain static and completely unattached to level.</blockquote>