Escape Artist

Your training allows you to slip bonds and escape from grapples.

Check

Restraint	DC	Action/Time	Try Again?
Rope/bindings	Binder’s CMB +20	1 minute	Yes, unless DC is > 20 + your Escape Artist bonus
Net, animate rope spell, command plants, control plants, or entangle	20	1 full-round action	Not stated (yes by default)
Snare spell	23	1 full-round action	Not stated (yes by default)
Manacles (normal)	30	1 minute	Yes
Tight space	30	at least 1 minute	Yes
Manacles (masterwork)	35	1 minute	Yes
Grapple or pin	Grappler’s CMD	standard action	Yes

The table at right gives the DCs to escape various forms of restraints.

Ropes/Bindings

The DC of your Escape Artist check is equal to the binder’s combat maneuver bonus +20.

Manacles and Masterwork Manacles

The DC to escape normal manacles is 30. The DC to escape masterwork manacles is 35.

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 in place of a combat maneuver check to escape a grapple or to change from a pinned condition to merely grappled.

You can make an Escape Artist check in place of a combat maneuver check to escape a grapple or a pin.

Action

Varies. 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. If the DC to escape from rope or bindings is higher than 20 + your Escape Artist skill bonus, you cannot escape from the bonds using Escape Artist.

Special

• Feat If you have the Stealthy feat, you get a +2 bonus on Escape Artist skill checks. If you have 10 or more ranks in Escape Artist, the bonus increases to +4.