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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 2874419" data-attributes="member: 2011">And maybe there are no such explanations.The scenario is one of an unlatched door. How many doors have you ever encountered in life that are stuck? I suspect very few. Doors are designed to be easily opened. Otherwise, they would be called a wall. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> The DM determines the environmental factors. So, if he thinks that the door might be stuck or rusted, he would give a bonus to the side trying to keep it closed.But the example we are discussing here is how the rules model the holding of a simple door.They model this concept very poorly if you use a Strength Ability check.Just like they model a Tug of War very poorly. No, we do not go into &quot;Maybe the rope gets caught on a rock&quot; when discussing the fact that the Baby wins the Tug of War 9% of the time against the Troll. Such &quot;environmental factors&quot; are irrelevant as to whether the actual rule is a good model or not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 2874419, member: 2011"] And maybe there are no such explanations. The scenario is one of an unlatched door. How many doors have you ever encountered in life that are stuck? I suspect very few. Doors are designed to be easily opened. Otherwise, they would be called a wall. ;) The DM determines the environmental factors. So, if he thinks that the door might be stuck or rusted, he would give a bonus to the side trying to keep it closed. But the example we are discussing here is how the rules model the holding of a simple door. They model this concept very poorly if you use a Strength Ability check. Just like they model a Tug of War very poorly. No, we do not go into "Maybe the rope gets caught on a rock" when discussing the fact that the Baby wins the Tug of War 9% of the time against the Troll. Such "environmental factors" are irrelevant as to whether the actual rule is a good model or not. [/QUOTE]

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