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Balance
Time Required: Simple Action.
Skill: Acrobatics (Untrained).
You move up to half your Speed (rounded down) across a surface that is less than 30cm in width. This movement does not count towards your free movement in the turn. 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, covering a distance of up to half your Speed. 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 twenty-meter-deep 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 two meters across, but there's another two 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…