Acrobatics

Acrobatics (which normally uses your Dexterity modifier) measures your ability to perform tasks requiring coordination and grace. When you use the Escape basic action, you can use your Acrobatics modifier instead of your unarmed attack modifier.

Acrobatics Untrained Actions

Balance [A]

Move

Requirements You are in a square that contains a narrow surface, uneven ground, or another similar feature.

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You move across a narrow surface or uneven ground, attempting an Acrobatics check against its Balance DC. You are flat-footed while on a narrow surface or uneven ground.

Critical Success You move up to your Speed.

Success You move up to your Speed, treating it as difficult terrain (every 5 feet costs 10 feet of movement).

Failure You must remain stationary to keep your balance (wasting the action) or you fall. If you fall, your turn ends.

Critical Failure You fall and your turn ends.

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Sample Balance Tasks

Untrained tangled roots, uneven cobblestones

Trained wooden beam

Expert deep, loose gravel

Master tightrope, smooth sheet of ice

Legendary razor’s edge, chunks of floor falling in midair

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Tumble Through [A]

Move

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You Stride up to your Speed. During this movement, you can try to move through the space of one enemy. Attempt an Acrobatics check against the enemy’s Reflex DC as soon as you try to enter its space. You can Tumble Through using Climb, Fly, Swim, or another action instead of Stride in the appropriate environment.

Success You move through the enemy’s space, treating the squares in its space as difficult terrain. If you don’t have enough Speed to move all the way through its space, you get the same effect as a failure. This movement still triggers reactions based on movement.

Failure Your movement ends, and you trigger reactions as if you had moved out of the square you started in.

 

Acrobatics Trained Actions

Maneuver in Flight [A]

Move

Requirements You have a fly Speed.

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You try a difficult maneuver while flying. Attempt an Acrobatics check. The GM determines what maneuvers are possible, but they rarely allow you to move farther than your fly Speed.

Success You succeed at the maneuver.

Failure Your maneuver fails. The GM chooses if you simply can’t move or if some other detrimental effect happens. The outcome should be appropriate for the maneuver you attempted (for instance, being blown off course if you were trying to fly against a strong wind).

Critical Failure As failure, but the consequence is more dire.

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Sample Maneuver in Flight Tasks

Trained steep ascent or descent

Expert fly against the wind, hover midair

Master reverse direction

Legendary fly through gale force winds

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