Hello all!
I have a dilemma. I want to provide my players with a certain amount of confidence with their DC checks for their skills. After all, they have trained in them so they would generally know the type of difficulty associated with a DC check. Lets say for Acrobatics.
Now, I have a player want to jump on the back of a beast... a horse. I noticed in the Core book that if they are simply jumping up its a specific DC check. I also noticed that if they "Long Jump" say 10' its only a DC 10.
The player asks how difficult this is to them...
Option 1:
State that it is only a DC 10
Option 2:
Not state anything and have them guess all the time where they stand.
How do you all handle this situation? When it is appropriate to tell a player a DC # and when is it not?
I would assume on skills like perception that they should NOT know the DC check as it would indicate immediately that there is something to "perceive" therefore ruining the surprise! :)
Also, is there any wording in the Core or APG that states anything? I couldn't find anything.
Thanks for any advice!