(• • Forces, • • Correspondence)                                                       Dragons of the East   59

System:  The Wu Lung doesn't lose his balance on anything but a completely frictionless surface.  A strong impact can knock him down, but unless the object or opponent is landing on top of him or otherwise pinning him, he can regain his footing the next turn without sacrificing an action.  The character can balance on narrow poles, tightropes, wobbling boards, shoulders or the like without any sort of Dexterity roll -- the magic itself assures balance -- and moves at full normal speeds over such surfaces.  If the character attempts to run, jump, fight or otherwise perform athletic feats, the magic provides a bonus of +1 per success scored (up to +3) on all Dexterity + Athletics rolls to retain balance.  Even if knocked down, the character springs to his feet (or hands or whatever position is desired) at the beginning of his next turn and may still take a normal action, for so long as this Effect lasts.  Note that some surfaces may prove impossible to balance upon, even with this Effect -- a Technocratically smooth plastic or lubricated line, a moving spear head, an ocean wave, or a gaseous or flexible object like a piece of whipping cloth does not provide sufficient purchase and area for anything less than a legendary feat (with, say, ten or more successes).