Acrobatics

Tumble, balance, freerun, escape grapples, reduce falling damage.

Acrobatics covers keeping balance, reducing falling damage, tumbling past foes in combat, contorting free of grapples and restraints, freerunning hazard courses, and pulling off high-risk physical stunts. Athletics is raw power -- the climb, the swim, the jump. Acrobatics is grace under pressure: the tumble past a blade, the balance on a slick hull plate in Vacuum, the contortion through a gap that should not fit a human ribcage. Freerunning a Station deck or ruinscape is reading the terrain, choosing the line, committing to the leap. Tumbling past a foe in combat does not provoke an attack of opportunity on success.

Rules Reference

Field	Value
Armor Check Penalty	true
Key Ability	DEX
Trained Only	false
Key Ability	DEX

Notes

Special: Tumbling past a foe does not provoke attacks of opportunity on success. Does not cover climbing, swimming, jumping, or zero-gravity manoeuvring.

Untrained Use: Basic balance at DC 12 and reduce falling damage at DC 15 only; tumbling, contortion, freerunning, and stunts require training.

Special: Tumbling past a foe in combat does not provoke an attack of opportunity on a successful check. Acrobatics does not cover raw climbing, swimming, or jumping (Athletics) or zero-gravity manoeuvring (Zero-G Ops) -- it covers the grace and reflex that keeps you moving when the ground disagrees.

Untrained: An untrained character can attempt basic balance checks at DC 12 and reduce falling damage at DC 15. Tumbling past foes, contortion escapes, freerunning, and stunts all require training. Everyone can stumble gracefully; not everyone can fall with style.

Descriptors

dc: 12

Field	Value
dc	12
task	Keep your balance on unstable footing

dc: 15

Field	Value
dc	15
task	Reduce falling damage

dc: 18

Field	Value
dc	18
task	Tumble past a foe in combat

dc: 20

Field	Value
dc	20
task	Contort or squeeze to escape a grapple or restraint

dc: 25

Field	Value
dc	25
task	Freerun a hazard course or complex terrain

dc: 30

Field	Value
dc	30
task	Pull off an impossible stunt

Synergy

bonus: 2

Field	Value
bonus	2
from	Athletics
threshold	5

bonus: 2

Field	Value
bonus	2
from	Zero-G Ops
threshold	5

Synergies

bonus: 2

Field	Value
bonus	2
ranks	5
skill	Athletics

bonus: 2

Field	Value
bonus	2
ranks	5
skill	Zero-G Ops

Uses

application: Keep your balance on unstable footing

Field	Value
application	Keep your balance on unstable footing
dc	12
failure	You stumble; prone or -2 to next action at the GM's call.
success	You stay upright; slick deck, shifting rubble, or spinning centrifuge.

application: Reduce falling damage

Field	Value
application	Reduce falling damage
dc	15
failure	You land badly; full damage.
success	You roll, absorb, or redirect; halve the falling damage.

application: Tumble past a foe in combat

Field	Value
application	Tumble past a foe in combat
dc	18
failure	You stumble into range; they get a free attack.
success	You move through their threatened square without provoking an attack.

application: Contort or squeeze to escape a grapple or restraint

Field	Value
application	Contort or squeeze to escape a grapple or restraint
dc	20
failure	The hold tightens; you are stuck until next round or until freed.
success	You slip free; hands, cuffs, or tentacle loose.

application: Freerun a hazard course or complex terrain

Field	Value
application	Freerun a hazard course or complex terrain
dc	25
failure	You clip something; 1d6 damage and half speed for the rest of the run.
success	You clear every obstacle; full speed, no damage.

application: Pull off an impossible stunt

Field	Value
application	Pull off an impossible stunt
dc	30
failure	You commit and miss; 2d6 damage and prone.
success	The kind of move that gets recorded and played back in disbelief.