Outgrabe

A hovering snowboard, this prototype magical item was developed by V'raag. The Outgrabe product line never got off the ground (ba dum bump) due to the difficulty of actually using it. Making full use of it requires exceptional balance and some amount of tumbling skill. Thus far, only Kimo FallenLeaf has demonstrated any proficiency in using it.

Item Description

This item is a plank of white wood, about 4 feet long, with rounded ends, edged in gold and platinum, with a strange pattern inlaid in black wood on the top. There's a strap on one side, made of scaly black leather. It hovers between 5 and 8 inches off the ground, and is capable of supporting the weight of a man (up to 200 pounds). The rider leaves no tracks behind. The Outgrabe only works over solid surfaces.

New Skill Uses

Riding the Outgrabe involves new uses of the Balance and Tumble skills, below:

Table: Skill Checks

Maneuver	Skill	DC
Ride Outgrabe	Balance	10
Need for Speed (per 10’)	Balance	+5
Ride Outgrabe in battle	Balance	+5
Fast Mount or Dismount	Balance	151
Ollie	Balance	15
Bail Out	Tumble	151
Tricks are not for Kids	Tumble	varies
1Armor Check Penalty Applies

Ride Outgrabe

Riding the Outgrabe is difficult at best. This check allows you move your normal speed, and use the hustle or run actions.

Need for Speed

You may push the limit and add up to 20’ to your base speed. However, you must declare how fast you are attempting to go before rolling your Balance check, and failure works as normal.

Ride Outgrabe in battle

You may ride the Outgrabe in battle, and still fight as though you were on foot.

Fast Mount or Dismount

You can attempt to mount or dismount from the Outgrabe as a free action, provided that you still have a move action available that round. If you fail the Balance check, mounting or dismounting is a move action.

Ollie

When riding the Outgrabe, you may make Jump checks as normal. If you fail your Balance check, you fall off the Outgrabe and take the appropriate falling damage (at least 1d6 points). This usage does not take an action, but is part of your movement.

Bail Out

You can react instantly to try to take no damage when you fall off the Outgrabe—when you fail a Balance check, or enter an anti-magic zone, for example. If you fail your Tumble check, you take 1d6 points of falling damage. This usage does not take an action.

Tricks are not for Kids

You can also use the Outgrabe to entertain an audience (as though using the Perform skill). All terrain modifiers listed under the Tumble skill apply, except “sloped or angled”, which actually provides a +2 circumstance bonus to the skill check.

Action

Varies. Mounting or dismounting normally is a move action. Other checks are a move action, a free action, or no action at all, as noted above.

New Feats

Sky Surfer

[general]

This feat allows you to coax extra functionality out of the Outgrabe.

Extreme Ollie

When riding the Outgrabe, you get a +5 bonus on your Jump check. Additionally, your jumping distance is not limited by your height.

Slow fall

When riding the Outgrabe, you gain the slow fall ability as a monk of 4th level. Alternately, if you already have the slow fall ability, you may use it as a monk of 4 levels higher. This requires a Balance check of DC 20, to keep the Outgrabe underneath you.

Extreme speed

You may use the Need for Speed ability with no maximum amount of additional speed.