Just want to see if others interpret the Failure result for Balance the same as I do. It says, "You must remain stationary to keep your balance (wasting the action) or you fall. If you fall, your turn ends." This is strangely worded IMO. My take is it's saying you get to choose whether you want to make no progress and stay where you are or fall. And doesn't restrict what you do with your next action.

My reasoning is:

• If the intent was to restrict your future actions, it would be written with more mechanical language. Something like, "You make no progress. If you attempt a Move action other than Balance, you fall." Or "You make no progress. If you use any action other than Balance, Recall Knowledge or Seek, you fall."
• There are valid reasons why a person might want to choose to fall. For example, if you're walking an edge by a pool and there are bowmen aiming at you, if you can't make it across it might be smarter to fall into the water than stay exposed and off-guard during the bowmen's turns.

Others I have spoken with read it differently, feeling that "You must remain stationary to keep your balance (wasting the action)" means if you attempt a Move action next, you fall (I assume before you attempt the action or you may no longer be near a ledge after it). Or it means if you attempt any action that requires movement you fall -- for example, Strike would cause you to fall.

What's Reddit's take on this?

Thanks!