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<blockquote data-quote="skelso" data-source="post: 4096804" data-attributes="member: 54189">It's my understanding that making a jump check is a standard action.&nbsp; You don't have to take a move action first, but it does lower the DC.&nbsp; It doesn't really matter if your jump check is somehow so astronomically high that you could leap 1000' feet.&nbsp; Whatever the result of your jump check, you can leap up to that far as a standard action.&nbsp; Since it's only a standard action, if you did not move first, then you've still got a move action left to mount your horse.&nbsp; You'd have to wait until next turn to ride off into the sunset, though.Still, I wonder how a monk with a speed of 70' could pull off a 400' long jump.&nbsp; Suppose you have a 12th level monk with a strength of 18, a speed of 70' and 15 ranks in jump.&nbsp; He takes his 70' running start and jumps.&nbsp; His best possible check would be 55'.&nbsp; That's a total movement of only 125' (but 70' of that was a move action and 55' was part of his jump standard action) that's a lot less than his potential run speed of 280'.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="skelso, post: 4096804, member: 54189"] It's my understanding that making a jump check is a standard action. You don't have to take a move action first, but it does lower the DC. It doesn't really matter if your jump check is somehow so astronomically high that you could leap 1000' feet. Whatever the result of your jump check, you can leap up to that far as a standard action. Since it's only a standard action, if you did not move first, then you've still got a move action left to mount your horse. You'd have to wait until next turn to ride off into the sunset, though. Still, I wonder how a monk with a speed of 70' could pull off a 400' long jump. Suppose you have a 12th level monk with a strength of 18, a speed of 70' and 15 ranks in jump. He takes his 70' running start and jumps. His best possible check would be 55'. That's a total movement of only 125' (but 70' of that was a move action and 55' was part of his jump standard action) that's a lot less than his potential run speed of 280'. [/QUOTE]

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