Author's Diary for March 23, 2020: Bids Appendix (Balancing)

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We’re back in the saddle for Monday! Check out today’s rules for balancing with the Agility bid below the fold.

Balance: Maintain your character’s balance on slippery, narrow, or violently moving surfaces

• To Accomplish: Fixed Agility bid, set by FM
• If Successful: The character maintains xir footing.
• If Unsuccessful:
  • The character slips and falls prone.
  • The character slips and falls off the surface.
• Suggested Traits: Agility, Chasing, Escaping, Evasion, Movement, Stealth
• Suggested Advantages:
  • The character has more than two legs.
  • The character has equipment designed for this surface (EXAMPLE: hobnailed boots for ice, a balancing pole for a tightrope, etc.).
  • The character moves in a prone or kneeling stance.
• Suggested Disadvantages:
  • The character is intoxicated.
  • The character has injured or lost the use of xir arms or legs.
  • The character is overburdened.

• Suggested Uses:
  • Advising other on how to use their agility
  • Assisting others in using their agility
  • Dodging attacks
  • Escaping from restraints or wrestling holds
  • Knowing how to be agile
  • Maintaining balance
  • Tumbling past or avoiding enemies
  • Walking a tightrope or along a ledge

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That’s it for now. Talk to you tomorrow.