Acrobatics is a Body Skill that represents how well a character can jump, keep their balance, and in general conduct themselves physically with swiftness and grace. Characters with a high Acrobatics Rank tend to be highly agile and well-coordinated, and it reflects in their activities. Gymnasts, parkour practitioners, circus performers, and dancers would all have a high Acrobatics Rank.
Skill Checks[]
Acrobatics Skill Checks are used when your character has to perform physical tasks requiring a great deal of precision and finesse that usually require bodily movement or tasks that require hand-eye coordination.
Some examples include:
- Shimmying across a narrow ledge
- Jumping across slippery stones in a river
- Dodging out of the way of falling debris from a cave-in or an earthquake
- Throwing objects accurately
- Juggling
- Swappig a golden statue for a bag of sand on a booby-trapped pedestal
Opposed Acrobatics Checks are used for races through obstacle courses or difficult terrain and for determining who recovers their footing first after being thrown off balance by unstable ground.
Usage[]
Acrobatics can be used to mitigate damage taken from falling from great heights or mount a Pokémon in the middle of battle and stay on even when under attack or affected by Status Afflictions.
For Pokémon, Acrobatics is the Skill Check for Intercepting attacks aimed at someone else.