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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 9242282" data-attributes="member: 93670">That sounds more like the mechanics for 3.5's jump skill. [spoiler="see here"] JUMP (STR; ARMOR CHECK PENALTY)Use this skill to leap over pits, vault low fences, or reach a tree’slowest branches.Check: The DC and the distance you can cover vary according tothe type of jump you are attempting (see below).Your Jump check is modified by your speed. If your speed is 30feet (the speed of an unarmored human), then no modifier based onspeed applies to the check. If your speed is less than 30 feet, you takea –6 penalty for every 10 feet of speed less than 30 feet. If your speedis greater than 30 feet, you gain a +4 bonus for every 10 feet beyond30 feet. For instance, if you have a speed of 20 feet, you take a –6penalty on your Jump checks. If, on the other hand, your speed is 50feet, you gain a +8 bonus.All Jump DCs given here assume that you get a running start,which requires that you move at least 20 feet in a straight line beforeattempting the jump. If you do not get a running start, the DC forthe jump is doubled.Distance moved by jumping is counted against your normalmaximum movement in a round. For example, Krusk has a speed of40 feet. If he moves 30 feet, then jumps across a 10-foot-wide chasm,he’s then moved 40 feet total, so that’s his move action.If you have ranks in Jump and you succeed on a Jump check, youland on your feet (when appropriate). If you attempt a Jump checkuntrained, you land prone unless you beat the DC by 5 or more.Long Jump: A long jump is a horizontal jump, made across a gaplike a chasm or stream. At the midpoint of the jump, you attain avertical height equal to one-quarter of the horizontal distance. TheDC for the jump is equal to the distance jumped (in feet). Forexample, a 10-foot-wide pit requires a DC 10 Jump check to cross.If your check succeeds, you land on your feet at the far end. If youfail the check by less than 5, you don’t clear the distance, but you canmake a DC 15 Reflex save to grab the far edge of the gap. You endyour movement grasping the far edge. If that leaves you danglingover a chasm or gap, getting up requires a move action and a DC 15Climb check. Long Jump Distance Jump DC15 feet 510 feet 1015 feet 1520 feet 2025 feet 2530 feet 301 Requires a 20-foot running start. Without a running start, double theDC. High Jump: A high jump is a vertical leap made to reach a ledgehigh above or to grasp something overhead, such as a tree limb. TheDC is equal to 4 times the distance to be cleared. For example, theDC for a high jump to land atop a 3-foot-high ledge is 12 (3 × 4).If you jumped up to grab something, a successful check indicatesthat you reached the desired height. If you wish to pull yourself up,you can do so with a move action and a DC 15 Climb check. If youfail the Jump check, you do not reach the height, and you land onyour feet in the same spot from which you jumped. As with a longjump, the DC is doubled if you do not get a running start of at least20 feet.High Jump Distance1 Jump DC21 foot 42 feet 83 feet 124 feet 165 feet 206 feet 247 feet 288 feet 321 Not including vertical reach; see below.2 Requires a 20-foot running start. Without a running start, double theDC. Obviously, the difficulty of reaching a given height varies accordingto the size of the character or creature. The maximum vertical reach(height the creature can reach without jumping) for an averagecreature of a given size is shown on the table below. (As a Mediumcreature, a typical human can reach 8 feet without jumping.)Quadrupedal creatures (such as horse) don’t have the same verticalreach as a bipedal creature; treat them as being one size categorysmaller. Creature Size Vertical ReachColossal 128 ft.Gargantuan 64 ft.Huge 32 ft.Large 16 ft.Medium 8 ft.Small 4 ft.Tiny 2 ft.Diminutive 1 ft.Fine 1/2 ft. Hop Up: You can jump up onto an object as tall as your waist, suchas a table or small boulder, with a DC 10 Jump check. Doing socounts as 10 feet of movement, so if your speed is 30 feet, you couldmove 20 feet, then hop up onto a counter. You do not need to get arunning start to hop up, so the DC is not doubled if you do not get arunning start.Jumping Down: If you intentionally jump from a height, you takeless damage than you would if you just fell. The DC to jump downfrom a height is 15. You do not have to get a running start to jumpdown, so the DC is not doubled if you do not get a running start.If you succeed on the check, you take falling damage as if you haddropped 10 fewer feet than you actually did. Thus, if you jump downfrom a height of just 10 feet, you take no damage. If you jump downfrom a height of 20 feet, you take damage as if you had fallen 10 feet.Action: None. A Jump check is included in your movement, so itis part of a move action. If you run out of movement mid-jump, yournext action (either on this turn or, if necessary, on your next turn)must be a move action to complete the jump.Special: Effects that increase your movement also increase yourjumping distance, since your check is modified by your speed.If you have the Run feat, you get a +4 bonus on Jump checks forany jumps made after a running start.A halfling has a +2 racial bonus on Jump checks because halflingsare agile and athletic.If you have the Acrobatic feat, you get a +2 bonus on Jumpchecks.Synergy: If you have 5 or more ranks in Tumble, you get a +2bonus on Jump checks.If you have 5 or more ranks in Jump, you get a +2 bonus onTumble checks. [/spoiler]In 5e the mechanic is[spoiler="this"]LongJump. When you make a long jump, you cover anumber of feet up to your Strength score if you move atleast 10 feet on foot immediately before the jump. Whenyou make a standing long jump, you can leap only halfthat distance. Either way, each foot you clear on thejum p costs a foot of movement.This rule assumes that the height of your jumpdoesn’t matter, such as a jump across a stream orchasm. At your DM ’s option, you must succeed on aDC 10 Strength (Athletics) check to clear a low obstacle(no taller than a quarter of the jump’s distance), such asa hedge or low wall. Otherwise, you hit it.W hen you land in difficult terrain, you must succeedon a DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check to land on yourfeet. Otherwise, you land prone.High Jump. W hen you make a high jump, you leapinto the air a number of feet equal to 3 + your Strengthm odifier if you move at least 10 feet on foot immediatelybefore the jump. W hen you make a standing high jump,you can jump only half that distance. Either way, eachfoot you clear on the jump costs a foot o f movement. Insome circumstances, your DM might allow you to makea Strength (Athletics) check to jump higher than younormally can.You can extend your arms half your height aboveyourself during the jump. Thus, you can reach aboveyou a distance equal to the height of the jump plus 1 1/2times your height.[/spoiler]Dexterity (acrobatics) already has a common role in jumping, it doesn't need to copy the tenuous edge case near dungeon crawl exclusive role strength has with it.</blockquote>

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