Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 1354612" data-attributes="member: 545">I am with Hong.I think of +10 skill as the benchmark.&nbsp; It is about the skill level you would expect from an extremely skilled, well trained specialized professional we might meet in the Real World.&nbsp; +10 = 6 (ranks from level 3 character maxxed out) + 3 (Skill Focus/special training) + 1 (stat mod for a natural aptitude).20 is the appropriate DC for something that clearly could be done but is &quot;almost impossible&quot; for a normal person.&nbsp; A normal person could conceivably luck upon one or two telltale footprints or scuffmarks on hard ground of a hastily fleeing foe at an intersection.&nbsp; In D&amp;D that translates into rolling a natural 20.When you have a +10 skill you can do &quot;almost impossible&quot; things consistently under good conditions (Take 10) or over half the time under real pressure.Skills higher than +10 are &quot;heroic&quot; or &quot;epic&quot; in the common sense of the word.&nbsp; People with that level of skill can consistently accomplish some tasks that are absolutely impossible for normal people, or do what we consider nearly impossible flawlessly without hesistation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ridley's Cohort, post: 1354612, member: 545"] I am with Hong. I think of +10 skill as the benchmark. It is about the skill level you would expect from an extremely skilled, well trained specialized professional we might meet in the Real World. +10 = 6 (ranks from level 3 character maxxed out) + 3 (Skill Focus/special training) + 1 (stat mod for a natural aptitude). 20 is the appropriate DC for something that clearly [i]could[/i] be done but is "almost impossible" for a normal person. A normal person could conceivably luck upon one or two telltale footprints or scuffmarks on hard ground of a hastily fleeing foe at an intersection. In D&D that translates into rolling a natural 20. When you have a +10 skill you can do "almost impossible" things consistently under good conditions (Take 10) or over half the time under real pressure. Skills higher than +10 are "heroic" or "epic" in the common sense of the word. People with that level of skill can consistently accomplish some tasks that are [i]absolutely impossible[/i] for normal people, or do what we consider nearly impossible flawlessly without hesistation. [/QUOTE]

Verification