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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6661701" data-attributes="member: 22779">Oh, there is definitely differences depending on DM bias.&nbsp; IME, DM's will err very much on the side of caution and will set DC's much higher than they need to be.&nbsp; I think it has to do with the idea that a &quot;difficult&quot; task should have about a 25% success rate while a normal task should be about 50%.&nbsp; Which, really, is much, much too high.&nbsp; Normal tasks should be about an 80% success rate, while difficult should be about 50%.&nbsp; Think of it this way.&nbsp; If climbing a wall is hard, say, then how much of the group should fail?&nbsp; 3 out of 4 PC's or half of them?&nbsp; How hard is hard?&nbsp; It's like when people talk about combat difficulty and talk about combat being 50:50.&nbsp; That's not just difficult, that's insanely difficult.&nbsp; That would mean that you'd kill a PC every other encounter.&nbsp; That's obviously way, WAY too hard.&nbsp; Actual odds are probably somewhere around 90:10 in most combats or even better.&nbsp; But trying to explain that to people can be a real challenge.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6661701, member: 22779"] Oh, there is definitely differences depending on DM bias. IME, DM's will err very much on the side of caution and will set DC's much higher than they need to be. I think it has to do with the idea that a "difficult" task should have about a 25% success rate while a normal task should be about 50%. Which, really, is much, much too high. Normal tasks should be about an 80% success rate, while difficult should be about 50%. Think of it this way. If climbing a wall is hard, say, then how much of the group should fail? 3 out of 4 PC's or half of them? How hard is hard? It's like when people talk about combat difficulty and talk about combat being 50:50. That's not just difficult, that's insanely difficult. That would mean that you'd kill a PC every other encounter. That's obviously way, WAY too hard. Actual odds are probably somewhere around 90:10 in most combats or even better. But trying to explain that to people can be a real challenge. [/QUOTE]

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