small animal skill

[jumpydady]

ok can someone tell me how can a tiny viper get +11 in swim and in climb?

i mean it has negative str and with 1 HD so how the hell he got that many skill rank on those? can someoen help me with the maths behind the scene plz ?

thx

[Jeraa]

If you have a climb speed, you get a +8 bonus on climb checks. Same with swim - a +8 bonus if you have a swim speed.

And though I can't seem to find it now, I believe creatures of tiny size and smaller use their Dexterity instead of their Strength for Climb and Swim checks. Edit: It says so here.

So +8 from having a climb speed, +3 from Dexterity = +11
Vipers have no ranks in Climb or Swim.

[Name Violation]

racial speed gives +8 to the checks, and ability to take 10. tiny creatures can use dex instead of str for climb (and maybe swim)

[jumpydady]

roger thx