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 Step or Walk, but you cannot Balance if you Run or 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.
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…