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<blockquote data-quote="fnwc" data-source="post: 4369877" data-attributes="member: 48368">I was running a game last night and the characters were fighting in the Keep where goblins had dug out most of the floor. Connecting several remaining 'islands' of the original floor were a few wooden planks that required a DC 20 Acrobatics to avoid falling while crossing them.My players quickly figured out it would be much easier to jump across to each island. The long jump rules (PHB 182-183) say that you make an Athletics skill&nbsp; check, and divide result by 10 (or 5 if you move 2 squares before the jump). This is the number of squares you can leap across.I ruled it as written, which means that a character can jump over a 2x2 square pit if they get a result of 2 squares from the above formula, since it explicitly says &quot;squares you can leap across&quot; rather than &quot;squares you can leap&quot; (the first which implies total jump distance = result + 1 square).However, that means that a player with a result of 20, could move 2 squares, then jump 5 more (Result 20/5 = 4 &quot;squares you can leap across&quot; and 1 to land).This seems like a lot, especially considering a result of 5 means you can jump 2 squares with a 2 square start.Maybe I'm interpreting it wrong? I'm considering changing the ruling to &quot;squares you can leap&quot; rather than&nbsp; &quot;squares you can leap across&quot;.Thoughts?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fnwc, post: 4369877, member: 48368"] I was running a game last night and the characters were fighting in the Keep where goblins had dug out most of the floor. Connecting several remaining 'islands' of the original floor were a few wooden planks that required a DC 20 Acrobatics to avoid falling while crossing them. My players quickly figured out it would be much easier to jump across to each island. The long jump rules (PHB 182-183) say that you make an Athletics skill check, and divide result by 10 (or 5 if you move 2 squares before the jump). This is the number of squares you can leap [B]across[/B]. I ruled it as written, which means that a character can jump over a 2x2 square pit if they get a result of 2 squares from the above formula, since it explicitly says "squares you can leap across" rather than "squares you can leap" (the first which implies total jump distance = result + 1 square). However, that means that a player with a result of 20, could move 2 squares, then jump 5 more (Result 20/5 = 4 "squares you can leap across" and 1 to land). This seems like a lot, especially considering a result of 5 means you can jump 2 squares with a 2 square start. Maybe I'm interpreting it wrong? I'm considering changing the ruling to "squares you can leap" rather than "squares you can leap across". Thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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