Climbing

Climbing Technical Proficiency [Agility]

200 hours Anyone may climb ladders, most trees, etc. This skill allows for more difficult and faster climbs. At 2nd level, no tree is safe from you. At skill level IV, you may scale a rock wall, at VI brick, and at VIII wood. At level X, you can climb ice. Rough surfaces reduce these benchmarks by three levels and wet or slippery surfaces increase them by two.

The distance one may climb between checks is twice your total effective skill (that is, including the Agility proficiency bonus) expressed in yards. That is, a climber with skill level III and a 14 Agility (gaining a +2 bonus) can climb up a tall tree ten yards (3+2 then x2) on a successful skill check. To climb this distance again would require another skill check. Long climbs without rest have a -2 repeated effort penalty. In other words, scaling up a great distance becomes substantially more difficult without ledges or some similar way to give the climber a break.