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<b><i>NOTE: This skill is primarily usable with DM assistance, and as such, may be less frequently useable than hardcoded skills directly referenced by the game engine.</b></i>

Escape Artist (Dex; Armor Check Penalty)

Check:
The table below gives the DCs to escape various forms of restraints.

Ropes:
Your Escape Artist check is opposed by the binder's Use Rope check. Since it's easier to tie someone up than to escape from being tied up, the binder gets a +10 bonus on his or her check.

Manacles and Masterwork Manacles:
The DC for manacles is set by their construction.

Tight Space:
The DC noted on the table is for getting through a space where your head fits but your shoulders don't. If the space is long you may need to make multiple checks. You can't get through a space that your head does not fit through.

Grappler:
You can make an Escape Artist check opposed by your enemy's grapple check to get out of a grapple or out of a pinned condition (so that you're only grappling).
See also: epic usages of Escape Artist.

Action:
Making an Escape Artist check to escape from rope bindings, manacles, or other restraints (except a grappler) requires 1 minute of work. Escaping from a net or an animate rope, command plants, control plants, or entangle spell is a full-round action. Escaping from a grapple or pin is a standard action. Squeezing through a tight space takes at least 1 minute, maybe longer, depending on how long the space is.

Try Again:
Varies. You can make another check after a failed check if you're squeezing your way through a tight space, making multiple checks. If the situation permits, you can make additional checks, or even take 20, as long as you're not being actively opposed.

Special:
If you have the Agile feat, you get a +2 bonus on Escape Artist checks.

Synergy:
* If you have 5 or more ranks in Escape Artist, you get a +2 bonus on Use Rope checks to bind someone.
* If you have 5 or more ranks in Use Rope, you get a +2 bonus on Escape Artist checks when escaping from rope bonds.