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The rules for a Role Play Game which takes place in S.T.R.I.X. vs Enquire® universe.

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Balance (DEX; Armor Check Penalty; TD 0÷11)

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†

§ Add modifiers from table below, as appropriate.
† Only if running or charging. Failure by 4 or less means the character can’t run or charge, but may otherwise act normally.

Surface	DC Modifier§	Surface	DC Modifier§
Lightly obstructed	+2	Severely slippery	+5
Severely obstructed	+5	Sloped or angled	+2
Lightly slippery	+2

§ Add the appropriate modifier to the Balance DC of a narrow surface. These modifiers stack.

Being Attacked while Balancing: You are considered flat-footed, 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. If you take damage, 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.

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Synergy: If you have 5 or more ranks in Tumbling, you get a +2 bonus on Balance checks.

Last update - January 25, 2022