Tumble

Tumbling Dodge
Skill Ability
Free Action
Cost: 5ft of Movement
Limitation: Once per movement, and you cannot use this ability while Sprinting.
Trigger: Your movement grants an opportunity to an opponent.
Effect: You sacrifice some distance to attempt to tumble and dodge around your enemy. Make a Tumble Check:
DC: Opponent's Awareness
Success: You do not grant the opportunity to the opponent
Fail: You grant the opportunity as normal, and also grant an Advantage to the opponent for the opportunity.
Special: Certain types of terrain may impose penalties to your tumble check.
Augment, Multi-Dodge
[Tumble Rank 2]
Stacking [Rank 2, 4, 6, etc]: This augment may be applied multiple times, limited by your Tumble Rank
Effect: You may use this ability an additional time during your movement (Paying the cost each time). Each time you use it beyond the first, you suffer a cumulative -2 penalty to your Tumble Check.
Feat of Acrobatics
Skill Ability
Standard Action [REC as Skirmish Speed]
Effect: You move up to your Skirmish speed, performing flips, rolls, and similar feats to bypass an obstacle. For example, you can flip over a fence, dive through a narrow window, slide across a table, or swing from balcony to balcony on a chandelier. The DC of your feat is determined by the GM based on the Difficulty of the task. If you succeed the check, you perform the feat as intended. If you fail, your movement is stopped and you typically fall Prone (GM discretion) and are subject to the hazards of the obstacle, if any.
Special: Multiple checks may be required to cover long distances or extravagant feats.
Tumble – Dexterity & Intelligence
Active Skill [Check Penalty]
"Tuck your chin in, place your hand down, push off your feet and roll off your shoulder! No....no not off your face. Your shoulder."
——--First Day at Flying Peniscule's School of Acrobatics

The Tumble Skill represents your character's ability to spring, somersault and perform similar acrobatic feats. While entertaining to watch, tumble can also be used in combat to avoid your enemies threat (see Tumbling Dodge). Tumbling can sometimes be used to avoid obstacles, such as diving across a table, flipping over a fence, or dodging through a room of bladed pendulums (see Feat of Acrobatics). The DC of such an act is set by the difficulty level determined by the GM.

Common Uses of the Tumble Skill
  • Use Tumbling Dodge to avoid granting opportunities from movement
  • Use Feats of Acrobatics to bypass obstacles while moving
  • Entertain a crowd with Acrobatic ability
Things that Modify Tumble Checks
Floor is Cluttered-5
Floor is Sloped-5
Floor is Slippery-10
Dense Undergrowth-10
Hazardous TerrainVaries

These modifiers are cumulative. For example, a cluttered floor that is also sloped would result in a -8 penalty to tumble checks.

Examples Difficulties for Feat of Acrobatics
Hop a wall half your heightDF 2DC 10
Roll over a tableDF 3DC 15
Backflip over a counterDF 4DC 20
Leap through a burning hoop DF 4DC 20
Swinging across the room on a chandelier DF 5DC 25
Dance unscathed through a hallway filled with fiery jets DF 7DC 35


Tumble is a prerequisite for many powers and feats based on movement and acrobatics.