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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 7524840" data-attributes="member: 48965">Just wanted to address this because according to the most up to date rules reference... The 4e Rules Compendium... you are wrong.  And unlike the original DMG states how DC's are determined in an upfront and clear manner.  I have reproduced the relevant section below with an emphasis on how DC's are actually determined...Difficulty ClassWhen making skill checks, high results are best. A creature is always trying tomeet or beat a certain number, referred to as the Difficulty Class (DC) of thecheck. A skill check’s DC depends on what a creature is trying to accomplishwith the skill check, and the number is set by the Dungeon Master.Typically, a creature either succeeds or fails at a skill check, meaning that thecheck result meets or exceeds (beats) the DC or else falls below it. Some skillchecks have degrees of success or failure that depend on the difference betweenthe check result and the DC. Unless otherwise noted, when a creature fails a skillcheck, it can try again with a new check.The skill entries in this chapter give sample DCs for common uses of the skills.Some DCs are fixed, whereas others scale with level. A fixed DC represents atask that gets easier as an adventurer gains levels. By the time an adventurerreaches the epic tier, certain tasks become trivial. In contrast, a DC that scaleswith level represents a task that remains at least a little challenging throughoutan adventurer’s career.The Dungeon Master can use the suggested DC for a task or set one using theDifficulty Class by Level table. The table provides DCs at each level for threecategories of difficulty: easy, moderate, and hard. When choosing a DC from thetable, the Dungeon Master should use the level of the creature performing thecheck, unless otherwise noted.</blockquote>

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