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 Untrained: For common items, failure on an untrained check means no estimate. For rare items, success means an estimate of 50% to 150% (2d6+3 times 10%).
-BALANCE (DEX; ARMOR CHECK PENALTY)
+==== Balance (Dex; Armor Check Penalty) ====
-Check: You can walk on a precarious surface. A successful check lets you move at half your speed along the surface for 1 round. A failure by 4 or less means you can’t move for 1 round. A failure by 5 or more means you fall. The difficulty varies with the surface, as follows:
-Narrow Surface 	Balance DC1 	Difficult Surface	Balance DC1
+**Check:** You can walk on a precarious surface. A successful check lets you move at half your speed along the surface for 1 round. A failure by 4 or less means you can’t move for 1 round. A failure by 5 or more means you fall. The difficulty varies with the surface, as follows:
-–12 inches wide 	10 	Uneven flagstone 	102
-–6 inches wide 	15 	Hewn stone floor 	102
-Less than 2 inches wide 	20 	Sloped or angled floor 	102
- Add modifiers from Narrow Surface Modifiers, below, as appropriate.
-Only if running or charging. Failure by 4 or less means the character can’t run or charge, but may otherwise act normally.
-Narrow Surface Modifiers
+^ Narrow Surface       ^ Balance DC<sup>1</sup> ^ Difficult Surface      ^ Balance DC<sup>1</sup> ^
-Surface 	DC Modifier1
+| 7–12 inches wide         | 10                 | Uneven flagstone       | 10<sup>2</up>
-Lightly obstructed  	+2
+| 2–6 inches wide          | 15                 | Hewn stone floor       | 10<sup>2</sup>
-Severely obstructed 	+5
+| Less than 2 inches wide  | 20                 | Sloped or angled floor | 10<sup>2</sup>
-Lightly slippery	+2
+| <sup>1</sup> Add modifiers from Narrow Surface Modifiers, below, as appropriate. ||||
-Severely slippery 	+5
+| <sup>2</sup> Only if running or charging. Failure by 4 or less means the character can’t run or charge, but may otherwise act normally. ||||
-Sloped or angled 	+2
-Add the appropriate modifier to the Balance DC of a narrow surface.
-These modifiers stack.
-Being Attacked while Balancing: You are considered flat-footed while balancing, since you can’t move to avoid a blow, and thus you lose your Dexterity bonus to AC (if any). If you have 5 or more ranks in Balance, you aren’t considered flat-footed while balancing. If you take damage while balancing, you must make another Balance check against the same DC to remain standing.
+^ Narrow Surface Modifiers ^^
-Accelerated Movement: You can try to walk across a precarious surface more quickly than normal. If you accept a –5 penalty, you can move your full speed as a move action. (Moving twice your speed in a round requires two Balance checks, one for each move action used.) You may also accept this penalty in order to charge across a precarious surface; charging requires one Balance check for each multiple of your speed (or fraction thereof ) that you charge.
+^ Surface                 ^ DC Modifier<sup>1</sup>                     ^
-Action: None. A Balance check doesn’t require an action; it is made as part of another action or as a reaction to a situation.
+| Lightly obstructed      | +2                                          |
-Special: If you have the Agile feat, you get a +2 bonus on Balance checks.
+| Severely obstructed     | +5                                          |
-Synergy: If you have 5 or more ranks in Tumble, you get a +2 bonus on Balance checks.
+| Lightly slippery        | +2                                          |
+| Severely slippery       | +5                                          |
+| Sloped or angled        | +2                                          |
+| 1 Add the appropriate modifier to the Balance DC of a narrow surface. ||
+| These modifiers stack. ||
+**Being Attacked while Balancing:** You are considered flat-footed while balancing, since you can’t move to avoid a blow, and thus you lose your Dexterity bonus to AC (if any). If you have 5 or more ranks in Balance, you aren’t considered flat-footed while balancing. If you take damage while balancing, you must make another Balance check against the same DC to remain standing.
+**Accelerated Movement:** You can try to walk across a precarious surface more quickly than normal. If you accept a –5 penalty, you can move your full speed as a move action. (Moving twice your speed in a round requires two Balance checks, one for each move action used.) You may also accept this penalty in order to charge across a precarious surface; charging requires one Balance check for each multiple of your speed (or fraction thereof ) that you charge.
+**Action:** None. A Balance check doesn’t require an action; it is made as part of another action or as a reaction to a situation.
+**Special:** If you have the Agile feat, you get a +2 bonus on Balance checks.
+**Synergy:** If you have 5 or more ranks in Tumble, you get a +2 bonus on Balance checks.
 BLUFF (CHA)