====== Balance ======

**Time Required**:  +1 second\\
**Skill**:  Acrobatics (Untrained)

You move across a surface that is less than 30cm in width.  Add the time required for this action to the time taken to [[unbound:actions:Step]] or [[unbound:actions:Walk]], but you cannot Balance if you [[unbound:actions:Run]] or [[unbound:actions:Sprint]].  You must make an Acrobatics check against a TN determined by the width of the surface.  The table below gives these values.

^  Width  ^  TN  ^
|  16-30cm  |  12  |
|  5-15cm  |  15  |
|  Less than 5cm  |  18  |
|  Surface is unstable  |  +3  |

  * **Success**:  You cross the surface safely.  If you do not make it all the way across, you may need to take this action again.
  * **Failure**:  You make no progress, being forced to adjust your balance again.  You must immediately make a second Acrobatics check against the same TN.  If you fail the second check, you fall off the surface.

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Having thrown a rope across a ten-meter-wide chasm and drawn it taut, Eldrin attempts to Walk across it to the other side.  (His companions think that this is not a wise move, but he ignores them.)  Being less than 5cm in width, his rope inflicts a TN of 18, though at least it is taut enough not to count as an unstable surface.  However, Eldrin's Acrobatics is only a +2.  He rolls a total of 21, getting six meters across, but there's another four meters to cross.  He then rolls a 9, and fails to make any further progress.  Worse, he must immediately roll again, and this time, he gets a 7.  He plummets into the chasm...
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