falling and water surface tension

[jester47]

At how many feet does the surface tension of water become deadly? This is a handy thing for games with water "down below."

Aaron

 

[Lord Ben]

Just knock 20ft off the distance or something. That's what I'd do.

 

[bensei]

Well, for water it depends strongly on how you hit the surface (unlike solid ground). A well controlled jump head forward can work for 40 meters and more - just falling onto the back can be deadly already at 10 meters.

This would be a very nice application where the tumble skill will have a really strong influence (much more than falling onto solid ground).

 

[Dr. Zoom]

Check the DMG, pages 112-113. It covers most situations where you fall or jump into water.

 

[jester47]

really?! DOH!

Aaron.