This may or may not be a silly question, but does a ninja with the Wall Climber (Su) ninja trick also gain a +8 bonus on Climb checks?
According to the rules, any creature with a climb speed gains the aforementioned bonus, but the reason I am asking is because the description of this particular ninja trick seems a little particular (e.g. 'only on vertical surfaces' and so on).
So, does he get a bonus on Climb checks or not? And if he does, is it on Climb checks in general or just those made to climb vertical surfaces, like the trick itself is associated with?
This may or may not be a silly question, but does a ninja with the Wall Climber (Su) ninja trick also gain a +8 bonus on Climb checks?
According to the rules, any creature with a climb speed gains the aforementioned bonus, but the reason I am asking is because the description of this particular ninja trick seems a little particular (e.g. 'only on vertical surfaces' and so on).
So, does he get a bonus on Climb checks or not? And if he does, is it on Climb checks in general or just those made to climb vertical surfaces, like the trick itself is associated with?
To my understanding, he can only climb if there is something which he can actually climb with, rocks in the wall, indentations etc. A perfectly smooth vertical surface, he can not climb up, period.
So I'd say yes he gets the +8 IF he can climb, if not... then he simply can't.