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Message: <blockquote data-quote="randomling" data-source="post: 576169" data-attributes="member: 8432">Thanks Hong -- I'll check the links when I have a moment (right now it's 1am and I'm supposed to be packing!).To illustrate my "Concentration check to take 10" idea: I just watched FotR, and the part in Moria where they're jumping over the gap in the bridge is perfect I think.OK, you're being a chased by a vast fire demon when you come to a gap in a bridge. After almost falling off, you manage to collect yourself enough to leap the gap. Suddenly, orcs begin firing arrows at you. Make your Jump check.With the action going on around you, I'd normally rule a -4 circumstance penalty, and for sure no taking 10 while you're on the run and being shot at. But a successful Concentration check (DC of at least 20, mind) would allow you to negate the penalty and take 10, should you so desire, effectively making the jump as though nothing untoward was happening.Now this is something a mid-level monk should be able to do, in my opinion. Ki is, among other things, an ability to focus inward, to tune out the outside world and find strength and peace even in the most terrifying of circumstances.What do you think?</blockquote>