How fast do you fall?

[AGGEMAM]

The 300/600 foot figure from the DMG is definitely for winged creatures that are falling out of natural flight (due to too much damage).

Actually the 300/600 is my house rule. The DMG states 150/300 for creatures with natural flight.

 

[Victim]

Isn't the speed of sound also dependent on local conditions though? I think air temperature plays a role.

 

[AGGEMAM]

Isn't the speed of sound also dependent on local conditions though? I think air temperature plays a role.

yes, very much so. Air density and temperature plays a major role. As you can see in my profile I'm very interested in loudspeaker design. And actually when designing a loudspeaker you have to take into account average elevation and temperature the speaker is supposed to be used for it to sound 'perfectly'.

 

[Cheiromancer]

I think people fall slower on D&D worlds.

I've long held that a standard D&D world has a weaker gravitational field than we experience. It goes partway towards explaining giants and flying dragons.

 

[Oscar carramiñana]

600' and 1500' would be more realistic, and just as easy. But I agree; stopping the game dead to discuss physics is NOT fun.

Agree with piratecat
my physics are very poor I choose discuss about the game is more fun

 

[Darklone]

I've long held that a standard D&D world has a weaker gravitational field than we experience. It goes partway towards explaining giants and flying dragons.

And perhaps 500ft jumping monks.

 

[tauton_ikhnos]

We use 150 ft for the first round (we assume that if you fall somewhere in the middle of the round, that you only fall for 3 seconds before your next action). All rounds after that is 1,000 ft, which is a simplification, but is easily explained away by having .98 gravity and slightly thicker atmosphere (owing to the fact that atmosphere in a D&D world does not thin as you get higher... it reaches the plane of elemental air).

150/1000/1000 comes close enough to reality that we can overlook the weirdness of falling like a soft, light pillow.

We treat Feather Fall as an AOO in response to "Ah, I'm falling!"

 

[AGGEMAM]

We use 150 ft for the first round (we assume that if you fall somewhere in the middle of the round, that you only fall for 3 seconds before your next action).

Uhm, involentary movement is still movement and can only be done on your turn.