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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 2161252" data-attributes="member: 7006">As soon as the rope snaps at the far end, Zook's roguish instincts for avoiding danger kick in and his arm is out like a flash to twist itself up in the rope of the bridge.  He drops flat to his stomach almost as quickly and his fingers grasp one of the planks when all of a sudden the second rope on the far side snaps as well, and the bridge begins it's long swing down...Zook ((Reflex [9] + 7 save + 1 trapsense + 4 circumstance = 21 / DC 15)) *SUCCESS*...and slams HARD against the cliff face on the side of Luthal and Kolarred.  The jarring impact knocks the wind out of Zook, but he manages to maintain his grip on the bridge as it hangs off the side.  Luthal... already reaching for his rope... pulls it off from his backpack and he and Kolarred drop it over the side quickly.  Zook reaches for it and grabs it... untwists his arm from the remaining bridge rope, and then climbs hand-over-hand up the rope back to the top of the cliffside.Zook ((Climb [14] + 3 = 17 / DC 10)) *SUCCESS*He lies down on the ground and takes a few seconds to catch his breath as Luthal recoils his rope and Kolarred looks out over the crevasse... their most easy route to the other side now gone.**********OOC:  I've actually mentioned this a couple times in the past about how I'm running skills, but I'll reiterate it just so we're all up to date.  Any skills that are passive or reactive in nature (i.e. things you don't consciously make a decision to do, but either know it, notice it or accomplish it or you don't), I calculate and roll myself whenever they are applicable.  This includes Listen and Spot checks, Knowledge checks, Handle Animal checks, Balance checks etc.  This is why you'll notice occasionally see me mentioning in gray that checks are made (like Kolarred's knowledge that the horses were not left in a position to survive on their own a few posts back).  If you don't notice / know things... I just don't mention that I've made rolls for you and you've failed.It's all the active actions that I've said you need to describe in your posts specifically what you are doing (and can make your own rolls on for simple things.)  However you do have to be ACTIVE in doing these things... you can't just put your stats up at the end of the post and assume you're doing all of it at the same time.  If you were to Hide, Move Silently, and Search all at the same time (as often appears at the ends of many posts)... the group would be moving at quarter-speed and would probably still be on the road right now.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  I've used common sense when determining when and how your skills come into play (like I never allowed Zook to Hide and Move Silently while the group was on horseback on the road, even if the numbers were found at the end of his posts).So just to make it clear once more... if you want to do anything ACTIVE (like search for traps, climb, open locks, disable devices and traps, jump over things, etc. etc.) you have to write it in your post what you are doing and the reason why you are doing it or what you're trying to accomplish. If you also choose to write in your modifier after that in gray so I don't have to look your stats up myself... then so much the better and I thank you.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  And for anything PASSIVE that just occurs when it occurs (like hearing or spotting things, knowing specific bits of information, automatically reacting to changing enviroments etc.) you don't need to state you are doing so because I roll for these thing automatically.  HOWEVER, if there are specific things you want to watch for above and beyond the normal paying of attention (like from a past event when you wanted to pay special attention to any wolf howls you might've heard after leaving the camp following the attack), then you can write that in and I'll give circumstance bonuses to any Listen/Spot checks specifically towards those things that you might need to make (but also possibly assessing circumstance penalties to other sounds since you are more intent on listening/spotting wolves and don't care as much for other ones that might be occuring).Hope this makes things more clear.  And please remember (especially for Zook) that many actions you have are just not feasible in certain situations, so you shouldn't bother writing them into your post.  For example... it was impossible to Hide while crossing the bridge (since you were out in the open and there was nothing to hide behind), so I just ignored the fact Zook had his Hide skill written at the bottom of his post.  Please use common sense when deciding which active actions you want to do, because doing them eats up a lot of time or also might not be physically possible or useful in certain situations.  Thanx guys!</blockquote>

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