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<blockquote data-quote="Slife" data-source="post: 3735511" data-attributes="member: 16347">Consistently?&nbsp; Maybe not.&nbsp; With a decent chance of success?&nbsp; Certainly.The example monkey has a 15 dex, with no ranks in sleight of hand.&nbsp; But we can redistribute skill points.&nbsp; Let's give it four ranks.&nbsp; Now, monkeys could be deft of hand just as they are agile, so let's switch out the feat.&nbsp; A city-bred monkey certainly wouldn't be as adept at climbing natural objects, but would be better at dealing with ropes and stealing food.&nbsp; That's another +2.So without any circumstance bonuses/penalties, we get a bonus of (2+4+2) +8 against a dc 20 check.&nbsp; That means 12 or higher succeeds.&nbsp; So about half the time the monkey steals the object.&nbsp; You could bump the bonus up to +11 with skill focus instead of deft of hand, and with some sort of masterwork gimmick to make it easier.&nbsp; Need the bonus only once?&nbsp; Use a psionic skill shard (which ranges from a +1 bonus for 10 gp to a +10 bonus for 1,000 gp).&nbsp; You could guarantee success.An imp would be much better at doing this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Slife, post: 3735511, member: 16347"] Consistently? Maybe not. With a decent chance of success? Certainly. The example monkey has a 15 dex, with no ranks in sleight of hand. But we can redistribute skill points. Let's give it four ranks. Now, monkeys could be deft of hand just as they are agile, so let's switch out the feat. A city-bred monkey certainly wouldn't be as adept at climbing natural objects, but would be better at dealing with ropes and stealing food. That's another +2. So without any circumstance bonuses/penalties, we get a bonus of (2+4+2) +8 against a dc 20 check. That means 12 or higher succeeds. So about half the time the monkey steals the object. You could bump the bonus up to +11 with skill focus instead of deft of hand, and with some sort of masterwork gimmick to make it easier. Need the bonus only once? Use a psionic skill shard (which ranges from a +1 bonus for 10 gp to a +10 bonus for 1,000 gp). You could guarantee success. An imp would be much better at doing this. [/QUOTE]

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