I up athletics as a matter of course, and by 4 I almost never stumble. It takes a few points. Most likely you will stumble still at exactly the wrong point, but it happens dramatically less often than with 0.

The problem here is that the NPCs don't have this problem, so you can't really play this like a medieval game where you fight in line. By this only player mechanic you are forced to do your own thing like wiggle around the clutch and hit your enemies in the back (and basically seldom one of those turns around to fight back). So you just need to hire some cannon fodder wait for the clutch move around the clutch and beat everyone to death with a 2h weapon. Really not funny to play a game with the exact same tactics every time... especially because this works throughout the entire game.

i was so happy to see this mod, installed it, stumbled and fell over and over like a brainless chicken, uninstalled. short but nice story.