Jumping Limits

[Dragonknight1]

tiny ninja

Soo if i get my ninja halfling at level 2 with Athletics mastery and i long jump +15 role d20 get 20 use ki +20 = 55 i jump past the 4 base move is that correct? is that possible?

 

[delericho]

The jumping rules in 3e (and PF, and 4e for that matter) are rather absurd - even at 1st level, a character with fairly minimal investment in skills and feats can routinely break the world record long jump, and that while carrying tens of pounds of equipment.

Still, applying the RAW... yes, if you can get your modifier high enough, there's no fixed limit to how far you can jump. And, indeed, at sufficiently high level I don't see a problem with that - by 5th level the Wizard can fly, the Dwarf Barbarian and routinely walk away from 40 ft falls, and the Paladin summons a warhorse from the ether. Are we really going to quibble about the Rogue's ability to jump being unreasonable?

 

[delericho]

Halflings actually have a racial bonus to Jump of +2.

Yes, but bear in mind that for every 10ft of speed below 30, they suffer a -6 penalty to Jump checks. Therefore, as halflings have a base speed of 20, they're taking a net -4 to those Jump checks.

 

[Jackinthegreen]

I honestly don't recall the details, but it involved an earlier version of boots of striding and springing that doubled movement rather than adding a set amount to it.

NRG

Boots of Swiftness perhaps? or a toned down version that wasn't epic?

 

[kitcik]

Soo if i get my ninja halfling at level 2 with Athletics mastery and i long jump +15 role d20 get 20 use ki +20 = 55 i jump past the 4 base move is that correct? is that possible?

Note that if you jump farther than your base move, your jump starts in one round but ends in a later round.

PH 77 "If you run out of movement mid-jump, your next action (either on this turn or, if necessary, on your next turn) must be a move action to complete the jump."

 

[Samloyal23]

These new rules just stink of "munchkin" to me...

 

[Jackinthegreen]

Depending on circumstances it was fairly easy to ignore the height restriction in 3.0 anyway. Thri-Kreen are one example. The Halberd of Vaulting from the A&EG is another. A Thri-Kreen with a Halberd of Vaulting is a rather amusing sight thanks to +60 jump, or +64 if it gets a running start since its 40 foot land speed adds 4.

What definition are you using for munchkin though?