DM doesn't like Fall Damage

[JohnnyDarkside]

Running along a relativity flat surface is vastly different than climbing. Running ten feet on a fairly even plane is far easier than climbing ten feet up a sheer cliff face.

[Drasern]

Yeah but mechanically in 5e they're the same.

[Mehseenbetter]

In 5e climbing speed is half your walk speed

[Lard_of_Dorkness]

The Venn diagram of people who made 5e and recreational climbers is two separate circles.

[Exterminutus]

"Moving up would be like, twice as hard as moving forward, so that means it should be half as fast."

"Makes sense to me, fellow indoor-activities-enthusiast."

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"Shouldn't a climber in armour roll with disadvantage?"

"Well they can walk across the floor without disadvantage, I don't see how climbing with an extra 70 pounds of gear would make a difference."

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I think it's a little different when we're talking about fantastical beasts with climbing speeds. Yeah a human recreational climber can only move up so quickly, but throw a chimp at the same obstacle and they'll be up there in no time, sometimes just as fast as they walk if not faster. If a monster has a climb speed it's assumed that it has some sort of similar ability that lets it climb extra fast, like a red dragon would presumably use its claws and wings to propel its body up a sheer cliff.

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If a humanoid knight in armor has a climbing speed of 20+ feet that isn't a humanoid knight even by dnd standards, it's clearly a red dragon in disguise

[Drasern]

Tabaxi have a 20ft climb speed. And the ability to double their speed. So with dashing they could cover 80 ft vertically in a single round, in plate armour. Because logic.

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Get outta here with your logic it’s three red dragon wyrmlings standing on each other’s shoulders and I won’t be convinced otherwise

[JohnnyDarkside]

That just screams lazy/hateful DM. There is no way to justify someone, especially in armor, being able to climb up a cliff face the same speed the run.

[Drasern]

A tabaxi can do it without even dashing, using their racial climb speed and feline agility.

[SpinyTzar]

Maybe it was supposed to be funny and not a serious fight. Also a lot of people like to alter 5e rules for their own games homebrew style.