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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tempuswolf" data-source="post: 820489" data-attributes="member: 1712">Let's say you have a 14 Str 10th level Monk with a Run feat and maxed out ranks in Jump trying to jump over your average humanoid.  Let's also say he has Tumble and/or doesn't care about attacks of opportunity and only has to clear 7 feet.If he takes a running start:Since he has 60' of movement and the Run feat divide 7 by 2.25 to get 3 1/9 feet.The minimum distance on a running high jump is 2 feet so he must exceed it by 1 1/9 feet.He has to make his jump check exceed 10 so that the difference is greater than (1 1/9) x 4 or 5, ie 15.His 13 ranks in jump added to his strength mod of +2 (if he rolls a 1 then he gets 16) means that he can always jump over a 7- foot opponent if he takes a 20 foot run at them.If he makes a standing jump:Again since he has 60' of movement and the Run feat divide 7 by 2.25 to get 3 1/9 feet.The minimum distance on a standing high jump is 1 foot so he must exceed it by 2 1/9 feet.He has to make his jump check exceed 10 so that the difference is greater than (2 1/9) x 8 or 17, ie 27.His 13 ranks in jump added to his strength mod of +2 means that he has to roll at least a 12 to jump over a 7- opponent from a standing start.</blockquote>