Tumble (skill)

Skill
Skill Class skill Skill point Skill usefulness
Skills Cross-class skill Skill rank
Passive													Active

Tumble (skill) (Dexterity)

Description

Tumble enables you to make agile movements during combat.

• Class Skill for Bard, Monk, Rogue

Use of Tumbling

In order to tumble you need to hold your block key (Default: left shift) to enter the blocking stance. With the movement keys you can now tumble in the desired direction. If you do not have at least 1 full Rank* of Tumble, or if your total Tumble score is 0 or lower due to things like low Dexterity or Armor Check Penalties, you will make little hops instead of tumbling.

(* i.e. 1 Skill Point if a Class skill, or 2 Skill Points if cross-class.)

Damage Avoidance

Tumbling enables fast movements in combat and can be a very powerful skill since a skilled player can evade most attacks while tumbling. While high levels of tumble produces no bonus to Armor Class, increasing your skill in Tumble allows you to tumble further. This will help to allow the player to avoid damage altogether because they are no longer within the threatened area.

The Feat Mobility, however, gives an additional +4 bonus to Armor Class while tumbling. This bonus applies even if the character does not roll (he only takes the hop.) Thus, a heavily armored warrior may benefit from the Mobility Feat even with only 1 rank of Tumble, in heavy armor, with a negative total score.

Run Speed

If you hit a Tumble around 35 your forward rolls will be about even with the run speed of Haste. If you hit a Tumble around 10 your backward rolls will be about even with the run speed of Haste when running backwards.

Falling Damage

Another feature of this skill is that you take less damage from falling. The higher your skill the higher is the distance you can fall without taking damage.

Additional animations

As your tumble skill becomes higher, different animations will happen when you hold shift and push a movement key. With a 1 tumble, you roll a somersault in that direction. No further improvement comes until tumble 31, which enables a back flip and sideways dives, which goes further than a somersault in the same time. A 36, a forward dive.

• At least one (full?) rank of Tumble is necessary to unlock these additional animations. Tome of Skill does not seem to be enough. ^{(2023 tests)}
• The Tumble spell also unlocks the animations.

Tumble skill	Milestone
<1	Hops only - no tumble
1	Roll a somersault in that direction
10(*)	Backward rolls will be about even with the run speed of Haste
31	Back flips and sideways dives
35	Forward rolls will be about even with the run speed of Haste
36	Forward dive

(*) For 5 gold, you can get a 5 minute, +10 Tumbling buff from Tad Hardcastle. You can also get a 30 minute +10 buff for 10 pp, same as the House Phiarlan Favor buff. These do not stack.)

See also

• DDO Forums