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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nim" data-source="post: 2592595" data-attributes="member: 5684">With two or three ropes (one for feet, one or two for hands) this becomes a fairly trivial Balance challenge for anyone who's not totally clumsy. Even someone in armor should be able to do this over a short span, slowly but without real danger, unless there are complicating factors (high wind, for instance).Over 30', it's more tricky. The longer the ropes, the more they'll sway...and the more slack they have to move in opposite directions. Past a certain point, the person setting up the bridge needs to use cross-ties to connect the two ropes to each other at intervals, so they'll stay about 3 feet apart and not swing off away from each other when you lean on them. One approach would be to make the person setting up the bridge make a Rope Use check (because that skill doesn't get used nearly enough), and subtract the result from some appropriate number to get the DC for the Balance check.(My experience was that 15' feet, in armor, with somewhat slack ropes and no cross-bracing, was slow but not difficult. Folks shorter than me, though, had some trouble. Definitely consider a size penalty.)</blockquote>