Editing Skill Descriptions (section)

==ACROBATICS== 
DEX, TRAINED ONLY
You can flip, dive, roll, tumble, and perform other acrobatic maneuvers,
and you’re also adept at keeping your balance under difficult circumstances.
Check: Make an Acrobatics check (DC 25) to move through a space occupied
by an opponent or obstacle (moving over, under, or around). A failed
roll means you don’t get past the obstacle.

• Balancing: You can walk on a precarious surface. A successful check
lets you move at half your speed along the surface as a move action.

A failure indicates you spend your move action just keeping your balance
and do not move. A failure by 5 or more means you fall. The
difficulty varies with the conditions of the surface.
{|
!SURFACE !!DC
|-
|More than 12 in. wide ||5
|-
|7-12 in. wide ||10
|-
|2-6 in. wide ||15
|-
|Less than 2 in. wide ||20
|-
|Uneven or angled ||+5
|-
|Slippery ||+5
|}
While balancing, you lose your dodge bonus to Defense unless you
have 5 or more ranks in Acrobatics. If you take damage while balancing,
make an immediate Acrobatics check to avoid falling.

• Accelerated Movement: You can try to move faster than normal while
balancing. You can move your full speed, but take a –5 penalty on
your Acrobatics check. Moving twice your speed requires two checks,
one for each move action.

Jumping: You can make an Acrobatics check to extend the distance
you can jump (see Jumping, page 34) by 1 foot per point your check
exceeds DC 15.

• Falling: You can make an Acrobatics check (DC 5) to lessen damage
from a fall. Subtract the amount your roll exceeds the DC from the distance
of a fall in feet before determining damage. So an Acrobatics
check of 20 (15 more than the DC) reduces the effective distance of a
fall by 15 feet. A fall reduced to 0 distance does no damage and you
land on your feet. You can reduce knockback damage in the same
way (see Knockback, page 165).

• Avoiding Being Tripped: You can make an Acrobatics check in place
of the Strength or Dexterity check to avoid a trip attack (see Trip,
page 159). You cannot use Acrobatics to make trip attacks, however.

• Instant Up: You can make an Acrobatics check (DC 20) to stand from
a prone position as a free action rather than a move action.
Performance: You can use Acrobatics as a Perform skill to impress an
audience (see Perform, page 52).

Try Again: No.

Action: Free. If you actually move as part of your Acrobatics check, then it
counts as part of your move action.

Special: The balancing aspects of Acrobatics can be used untrained.