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Message: <blockquote data-quote="frankthedm" data-source="post: 1450707" data-attributes="member: 1164">for example when they walk on narrow surfaces known as stairs. depending on how one reads balance.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 DC[1]****    Difficult Surface    Balance DC[1]7–12 inches wide     10 ****    Uneven flagstone     10[]2]2–6 inches wide     15 ****    Hewn stone floor     10[2]Less than 2 inches wide     20 ***    Sloped or angled floor     10[2]1 Add modifiers from Narrow Surface Modifiers, below, as appropriate.2 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    Surface     DC Modifier[1]Lightly obstructed      +2Severely obstructed     +5Lightly slippery    +2Severely slippery     +5Sloped 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.</blockquote>

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