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<blockquote data-quote="TaranTheWanderer" data-source="post: 7544937" data-attributes="member: 15882"><p>Well, not all kids and adults are built alike. The chubby kids with no muscle couldn’t climb it. It’s about strength to weight. The large football players had the most muscle mass struggled because they also had lots of extra weight. But they still succeeded on the first try. It took them about 10- 15 seconds when we raced. So at 1/4 movement that’s 2 rounds for 15-20 feet. In retrospect, I probably had a climb speed by that point because I could do it much faster. Or just high athletics...idk. </p><p></p><p>My point is this: in my experience, (10s of thousands of people per year) an average adult can climb a knotted rope with some to little difficulty. The average human is strength 9. Unless you have a (trait) flaw on your character sheet that might keep your strength 8 character from succeeding, they should still make it up. Adventurers, even the weak ones, are probably- on average- more in shape than the average person. Or, at least, not totally out of shape(barring a specific flaw or rp reason). The weaker ones might fail the occasional check but should still succeed. </p><p></p><p>Dc 15 is far too high. I mean this is a huge digress from the main topic. To get back on topic, climbing the rope should be handwaived except for the most dire of circumstances and a roll should only be used for the ones with the lowest athletic scores.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TaranTheWanderer, post: 7544937, member: 15882"] Well, not all kids and adults are built alike. The chubby kids with no muscle couldn’t climb it. It’s about strength to weight. The large football players had the most muscle mass struggled because they also had lots of extra weight. But they still succeeded on the first try. It took them about 10- 15 seconds when we raced. So at 1/4 movement that’s 2 rounds for 15-20 feet. In retrospect, I probably had a climb speed by that point because I could do it much faster. Or just high athletics...idk. My point is this: in my experience, (10s of thousands of people per year) an average adult can climb a knotted rope with some to little difficulty. The average human is strength 9. Unless you have a (trait) flaw on your character sheet that might keep your strength 8 character from succeeding, they should still make it up. Adventurers, even the weak ones, are probably- on average- more in shape than the average person. Or, at least, not totally out of shape(barring a specific flaw or rp reason). The weaker ones might fail the occasional check but should still succeed. Dc 15 is far too high. I mean this is a huge digress from the main topic. To get back on topic, climbing the rope should be handwaived except for the most dire of circumstances and a roll should only be used for the ones with the lowest athletic scores. [/QUOTE]
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