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<blockquote data-quote="ccs" data-source="post: 7551510" data-attributes="member: 6803664">Quote Originally Posted by ccs View Post *Want to do any physical task that doesn't rely on brute strangth? Dex. - yep, I mean, what else are you going to roll against? Con in a few instances, maybe. But if not Str, then Dex.Want to steal something? Want to hide something? Dex. - right there in 1e.Sure, if you were a Thief.&nbsp; Then you were rolling %s for climbing, picking pockets, moving silently, etc&nbsp; (p.28, 1e PHB) And there was a chart of what bonus/negative you got based on your dex. (see p.12 of the 1e PHB)Assassins, Monks, and assorted stuff out of Dragon Magazine also used the thief ability chart for some of their abilities.&nbsp; (refer to pages cited for your %s)Everyone else though?&nbsp; There were no hard rules.&nbsp; In general it was you rolling =/under your stat on a d20 at the DMs discretion.BUT!&nbsp; There's more than a few modules out there that spell out assorted ways to make an ability check for an encounter.&nbsp; Like I said, unless you were a Thief/assassin/Monk there wasn't a single system.Then along came the non-weapon proficiency system in OA, DSG, &amp; WSG.&nbsp; But again, no %s involved.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ccs, post: 7551510, member: 6803664"] [I]Quote Originally Posted by ccs View Post *Want to do any physical task that doesn't rely on brute strangth? Dex. - yep, I mean, what else are you going to roll against? Con in a few instances, maybe. But if not Str, then Dex. Want to steal something? Want to hide something? Dex. - right there in 1e[/I]. Sure, if you were a Thief. Then you were rolling %s for climbing, picking pockets, moving silently, etc (p.28, 1e PHB) And there was a chart of what bonus/negative you got based on your dex. (see p.12 of the 1e PHB) Assassins, Monks, and assorted stuff out of Dragon Magazine also used the thief ability chart for some of their abilities. (refer to pages cited for your %s) Everyone else though? There were no hard rules. In general it was you rolling =/under your stat on a d20 at the DMs discretion. BUT! There's more than a few modules out there that spell out assorted ways to make an ability check for an encounter. Like I said, unless you were a Thief/assassin/Monk there wasn't a single system. Then along came the non-weapon proficiency system in OA, DSG, & WSG. But again, no %s involved. [/QUOTE]

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