Climbing rules

[ccrider666]

how do people play the climb rules

1)if climbing a normal ladder is the check 0 (so automatic unless a 1 is rolled or damaged when climbing)........not listed in climb
2)if you fall when climbing and try to catch yourself would that be another climb check or an acrobatic check

just wondering cause we are new to pathfinder and had those things come up in our 2nd session

[Tom Baumbach]

chris casey wrote:

1)if climbing a normal ladder is the check 0 (so automatic unless a 1 is rolled or damaged when climbing)

Yep, a ladder is Climb DC 0 under normal circumstances. Also, rolling a 1 is not an automatic failure on a skill check (well, except UMD).

chris casey wrote:

2)if you fall when climbing and try to catch yourself would that be another climb check or an acrobatic check

It's a Climb check; it's one of the uses for Climb.

[ccrider666]

Tom Baumbach wrote:

chris casey wrote:

1)if climbing a normal ladder is the check 0 (so automatic unless a 1 is rolled or damaged when climbing)

Yep, a ladder is Climb DC 0 under normal circumstances. Also, rolling a 1 is not an automatic failure on a skill check (well, except UMD).

chris casey wrote:

2)if you fall when climbing and try to catch yourself would that be another climb check or an acrobatic check

It's a Climb check; it's one of the uses for Climb.

thanks tom

so from reading other posts if i fail a climb check it often means 'no progress' but not necessarily falling

also, if shot with an arrow while climbing, does the character auto fall or is there a check involved??

had a case where my lvl 2 barb with climb skill 6 was using accelerated climb in combat (arrows flying at him) and got hit a couple times mid climb and fell. but sounds like it would be unlikely to fall even if shot cause it would be DC 0 ladder, +6 climb, -5 accelerated..........so even a 1 would not cause a fall.........sound right??

thanks again
CC