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<blockquote data-quote="Bigwilly" data-source="post: 1872627" data-attributes="member: 16730">Good points, but...I don't have any duelists or swashbucklers IMC at the moment. Also, do note that I am not allowing everyone to do it, just one particular character who has a magic item that makes him really good at jumping.I totally agree. If I think a player is trying something that is beyond the bounds of common sense, then I won't allow it. Also most of the time, the dwarf is jump-charging even when there is no pit/obstacle to cross and if there was a high object in the way then he would still need to go around it just like everyone else. However, remember that a PC with a high jump skill (no matter how he gets it) is the equivalent of an olympic athlete.&nbsp; No problem with this either, especially as the way I visualise it, the jump ends with the attack - a bit like a death from above - so NO loss of momentum.However, getting back to the heart of the issue. If by the RAW a charge is a full round action and a jump is part of a move action, not a full round action, then by the RAW you cannot charge-jump. But then, that's why house rules were invented in the first place. ;-)Bigwilly</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bigwilly, post: 1872627, member: 16730"] [b]Good points, but...[/b] I don't have any duelists or swashbucklers IMC at the moment. Also, do note that I am not allowing everyone to do it, just one particular character who has a magic item that makes him really good at jumping. I totally agree. If I think a player is trying something that is beyond the bounds of common sense, then I won't allow it. Also most of the time, the dwarf is jump-charging even when there is no pit/obstacle to cross and if there was a high object in the way then he would still need to go around it just like everyone else. However, remember that a PC with a high jump skill (no matter how he gets it) is the equivalent of an olympic athlete. No problem with this either, especially as the way I visualise it, the jump ends with the attack - a bit like a death from above - so NO loss of momentum. However, getting back to the heart of the issue. If by the RAW a charge is a full round action and a jump is part of a move action, not a full round action, then by the RAW you cannot charge-jump. But then, that's why house rules were invented in the first place. ;-) Bigwilly [/QUOTE]

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