Acrobatics

Skill (Dexterity)

Armor Check Penalty

Skill Use	Action	DC	Description	Trained Only	Retry	Take 10	Take 20	Source
Balance	As part of Move Action	Variable	Allows you to move at half speed along a narrow surface such as a ledge or wire.	No	No	Yes	No	Core
Catch Item	Free Action	20	You can catch a disarmed object.	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	SNV
Cross Difficult Terrain	As part of Move Action	15	You can move through difficult terrain at your normal speed.	No	Yes	Yes	No	Core
Escape Bonds	Variable	Variable	You can slip free of restraints, wriggle through a tight space, or escape from a grapple.	No	Yes	Yes	No	Core
Fall Prone	Free Action	15	You can drop prone as a free action.	Yes	No	Yes	No	Core
Long Falls	Immediate Action	20	You can guide your descent over great distances.	No	No	Yes	No	KotOR
Low and High Gravity Environments	Immediate Action	20	You can negate the penalties to attack rolls in low and high gravity environments.	Yes	No	Yes	No	TFU
Nimble Charge	As part of Move Action	25	You can charge through low objects and difficult terrain.	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	SNV
Reduce Falling Damage	Immediate Action	15	You can treat a fall as if it were 2 squares shorter per 10 points beyond DC 15 for purposes of determining damage.	Yes	No	Yes	No	Core
Stand Up from Prone	Swift Action	15	You can stand up from prone as a swift action.	Yes	No	Yes	No	Core
Tumble	As part of Move Action	15	You can tumble through the threatened area or fighting space of an enemy as part of your move action without provoking an attack of opportunity.	Yes	No	Yes	No	Core
Zero Gravity Environments	Immediate Action	20	You can reduce the penalties to attack rolls in zero gravity environments from -5 to -2.	Yes	No	Yes	No	TFU

You can move at normal speed across difficult terrain, keep your balance while walking on a narrow surface, take less damage from a fall, slip free of restraints or a grappling foe, and get up from prone safely. In addition to the specific options listed below, you can use Acrobatics to perform typical tumbling, flipping, or gymnastic maneuvers.

Balance

A successful Acrobatics check allows you to move at half speed along a narrow surface such as a ledge or wire. The DC of the Acrobatics check varies with the width of the surface (see below). If the surface is slippery or unstable, increase the DC by 5. A failed check means you fall prone and must make a DC 15 Acrobatics check to catch the ledge or wire.

Narrow Surface	Acrobatics DC
8-15 cm wide	10
4-7 cm wide	15
Less than 4 cm wide	20

You are considered flat-footed while balancing, and thus you lose your Dexterity bonus to your Reflex Defense (if any). If you are trained in Acrobatics, you aren't considered flat-footed while balancing.

If you take damage while balancing, you must immediately make another Acrobatics check against the same DC to keep from falling.

Catch Item

Trained Only

Source: SNV

Whenever you successfully disarm your opponent, you can make a DC 20 Acrobatics check as a free action. If the Acrobatics check succeeds, you snatch the object from the air. You must have at least one hand free to grab the item.

Cross Difficult Terrain

With a successful DC 15 Acrobatics check, you can move through difficult terrain at your normal speed.

Escape Bonds

With a successful Acrobatics check, you can slip free of restraints (DC varies; see table below), wriggle through a tight space (DC 20), or escape from a grapple (DC = the grappler's grapple check) . The DC to slip free of a restraint depends on the type of restraint (see table).

It takes an standard action to escape a grapple. It takes a full-round action to escape a net or to move 1 square through a tight space. It takes 1 minute to escape from ropes, binder cuffs, or manacles.

Restraint	Acrobatics DC
Ropes	10
Net	15
Binder Cuffs	25

Escape Artist

Trained Only

Source: SNV

By increasing the DC by 10, you can reduce the time required to Escape Bonds. Escaping a grapple takes a move action; escaping a net or moving 1 square through a tight space requires a standard action; and only 5 rounds are required to escape from ropes, binder cuffs, or manacles.

Fall Prone

Trained Only

If you are trained in Acrobatics and succeed at a DC 15 check, you can drop to a prone position as a free action (instead of a swift action).

Long Falls

Source: KotOR

When falling great distances, you can attempt to use your Acrobatics skill to guide your descent. Make a DC 20 Acrobatics check to land on a target near a square you would normally land in. You can adjust your target by 1 square for every 60 meters fallen. Gamemasters can give favorable or unfavorable circumstance adjustments to the check based on mitigating circumstance - for example, the amount of wind or the favorable use of equipment, such as baggy clothing.

Low and High Gravity Environments

Source: TFU

Trained Only

You can make a DC 20 Acrobatics check to negate the penalties to attack roles in low and high gravity environments.

Nimble Charge

Trained Only

Source: SNV

If you succeed on a DC 25 Acrobatics check, you can charge through low objects and difficult terrain. If you fail this check, you cannot attack at the end of your movement. You can combine this use with the Cross Difficult Terrain use, however, the DC increases to 35.

Reduce Falling Damage

Trained Only

With a successful DC 15 Acrobatics check, you can treat a fall as if it was 3 meters (2 squares) shorter when determining damage. For every 10 points by which you beat this DC, you can subtract an additional 3 meters from the fall for determining damage. If you make this check and take no damage from the fall, you land on your feet.

If you are struck by a falling object, you can reduce the damage you take by half with a successful DC 15 Acrobatics check.

Stand Up from Prone

Trained Only

If you are trained in Acrobatics and succeed at a DC 15 check, you can stand up from a prone position as a swift action (instead of a move action).

Tumble

Trained Only

If you succeed at a DC 15 Acrobatics check, you can tumble through the threatened area or fighting space of an enemy as part of your move action without provoking an attack of opportunity. Each threatened square or occupied square that you tumble through counts as 2 squares of movement.

Zero-Gravity Environments

Source: TFU

Trained Only

You can use the Acrobatics skill to help maneuver in zero-gravity environments. When crossing wide spaces or traversing congested areas, you can make an Acrobatics check (at no penalty) to arrive on target. As a swift action, you can make a DC 20 Acrobatics check to lessen your attack roll and skill check penalty to -2, instead of the normal -5.

Special

You can't take 10 or take 20 on an Acrobatics check.
If you are trained in Acrobatics, you gain a +5 dodge bonus to your Reflex Defense when fighting defensively.