Balance
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== Check == | == Check == | ||
You can walk on a precarious surface. A successful check lets you move at half your speed along the surface for 1 round. A failure by 4 or less means you can’t move for 1 round. A failure by 5 or more means you fall. The difficulty varies with the surface, as follows: | You can walk on a precarious surface. A successful check lets you move at half your speed along the surface for 1 round. A failure by 4 or less means you can’t move for 1 round. A failure by 5 or more means you fall. The difficulty varies with the surface, as follows: | ||
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| + | |+ '''Table: Balance DCs''' | ||
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| + | !Narrow Surface !! Balance DC !!Difficult Surface !!Balance DC | ||
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| + | |7-12 inches wide ||10 ||Uneven flagstone ||10 | ||
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| + | |2-6 inches wide ||15 ||Hewn stone floor ||10 | ||
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| + | |Less than 2 inches wide ||20 ||Sloped or angled floor ||10 | ||
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=== Being Attacked while Balancing === | === Being Attacked while Balancing === | ||
Revision as of 09:58, 2 March 2007
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Check
You can walk on a precarious surface. A successful check lets you move at half your speed along the surface for 1 round. A failure by 4 or less means you can’t move for 1 round. A failure by 5 or more means you fall. The difficulty varies with the surface, as follows:
| Narrow Surface | Balance DC | Difficult Surface | Balance DC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7-12 inches wide | 10 | Uneven flagstone | 10 |
| 2-6 inches wide | 15 | Hewn stone floor | 10 |
| Less than 2 inches wide | 20 | Sloped or angled floor | 10 |
Being Attacked while Balancing
You are considered flat-footed while balancing, since you can’t move to avoid a blow, and thus you lose your Dexterity bonus to AC (if any). If you have 5 or more ranks in Balance, you aren’t considered flat-footed while balancing. If you take damage while balancing, you must make another Balance check against the same DC to remain standing.
Accelerated Movement
You can try to walk across a precarious surface more quickly than normal. If you accept a -5 penalty, you can move your full speed as a move action. (Moving twice your speed in a round requires two Balance checks, one for each move action used.) You may also accept this penalty in order to charge across a precarious surface; charging requires one Balance check for each multiple of your speed (or fraction thereof) that you charge.
Action
None. A Balance check doesn’t require an action; it is made as part of another action or as a reaction to a situation.
Special
If you have the Agile feat, you get a +2 bonus on Balance checks.
Synergy
If you have 5 or more ranks in Tumble, you get a +2 bonus on Balance checks.
