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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7461769" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>That might be a bit more harsh than I'd be looking for, at first glance - I don't mind falls of up to 30 or 40' being survivable most of the time, if painful. But anything more than 50' or so should carry a risk of death or long-term injury, with the death risk sharply increasing as the distance fallen increases.</p><p></p><p>Tons of mitigating factors to consider, though, which is why blanket rules are hard to work with:</p><p> - armour worn (can very heavy armour absorb some of the impact?)</p><p> - magic armour</p><p> - surface landed on (spikes, jagged rock, flat stone, dirt, snow, water...)</p><p> - character abilities (for example some Hollywood stunties frequently do the sort of falls that would probably kill either of us, as they know how to roll etc. when they land)</p><p></p><p>It's not the 20th-level PC jumping off a 300' cliff that concerns me, if only because by 20th level if you don't have a flight or levitation or feather-fall device you're probably doing it wrong. It's the 8th-level PC with 70 h.p. being able to survive a 20d6 fall half the time that concerns me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7461769, member: 29398"] That might be a bit more harsh than I'd be looking for, at first glance - I don't mind falls of up to 30 or 40' being survivable most of the time, if painful. But anything more than 50' or so should carry a risk of death or long-term injury, with the death risk sharply increasing as the distance fallen increases. Tons of mitigating factors to consider, though, which is why blanket rules are hard to work with: - armour worn (can very heavy armour absorb some of the impact?) - magic armour - surface landed on (spikes, jagged rock, flat stone, dirt, snow, water...) - character abilities (for example some Hollywood stunties frequently do the sort of falls that would probably kill either of us, as they know how to roll etc. when they land) It's not the 20th-level PC jumping off a 300' cliff that concerns me, if only because by 20th level if you don't have a flight or levitation or feather-fall device you're probably doing it wrong. It's the 8th-level PC with 70 h.p. being able to survive a 20d6 fall half the time that concerns me. [/QUOTE]
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