Climbing a ladder 5e. Reply reply TigerKirby215 •. It’s also one of those mundane, real-life skills that I would expect we could “dial in” correctly to our gaming ruleset. Any creature climbing down the ladder must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. Your character is fully geared and armored, carrying about 65 lbs in weight in total. How I choose to interpret it: Everyone can climb a ladder. Feb 23, 2023 · Imagine your character is climbing down a rope into an ancient, dry well. Jul 17, 2017 · Climbing, by thieves and non-thieves, possibly with rope assistance, is a common dungeon, cave, and wilderness activity for explorers. The rope ladder has been smeared with carrion crawler mucus. 178-179. Like climbing a ladder, you don't even need to roll unless your stats for it are well in the negative, but if you're trying to climb a semi smooth cliff, you might need to get a 35 total combining your stats for it and a roll. You ignore this extra cost if you have a Climb Speed and use it to climb. A slimy rope ladder has been anchored with spikes to its western edge. If the DM thinks it's called for, they can all for a roll to be made at advantage/disadvantage. At the DM’s option, climbing a slippery surface or one with few handholds might require a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. com Adventurers might have to climb, crawl, swim, or jump to get where they need to go. Nov 27, 2023 · Generally speaking 5e doesn't use "penalties" in the way previous editions did by applying a direct negative modifier to the roll. (5e 2024) Wizards of the Coast. Sources and Notes ↑ Wizards RPG Team (22 April 2025). While climbing or swimming, each foot of movement costs 1 extra foot (2 extra feet in difficult terrain), unless a creature has a climbing or swimming speed. p. No check required but it costs you half movement unless you have a climbing speed otherwise I would say you climb at half movement. SRD 5. See full list on arcaneeye. You must climb to move up or down it. For getting hit I would ask for either athletics or acrobatics to hold on, possibly dropping 5ft if they just barely make the check. There's also not many combat-relevant rules for climbing, since it's pretty much assumed that anyone without a climbing speed or magic item won't try to climb during combat. Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) Fifth Edition (5e) Equipment, Gear, & Items - Ladder - A Ladder is 10 feet tall. 2. Still, I think you are right that what's still missing here is the challenge of climbing while encumbered for a long period of time. So, generally, I think the rules do give us some very easy ways to make short spans of climbing challenging - or, at least, as challenging as any skill check is in 5e. A creature poisoned in this way is also paralyzed and falls from 6. Climbing While you’re climbing, each foot of movement costs 1 extra foot (2 extra feet in Difficult Terrain). The depth to the bottom of the well is 100 feet. It would climb like normal except the DC is much lower like a 5 or 10 since a ladder is not hard to climb at all. When you make such a climb, each foot of movement costs you 4 extra feet, instead of the normal 1 extra foot. There are tools that help with climbing, but basically you can try to climb anything, it's just that more difficult things need better rolls and stats. Licensed: CC-BY. Rolling athletics check makes sense but you can decide that a particular tree is easy enough to do without a check but then a creature with no designated climbing speed would move at half movement while In addition, any climb that requires hands and feet is especially difficult for you because of your equine legs. Larder Apr 25, 2025 · [1] While you’re climbing, each foot of movement costs 1 extra foot (2 extra feet in Difficult Terrain). yuqdov hmgs xpnyl iirtbxd eil hgtjq nopydir ldqve pcna trdhl