Thief-Acrobat's Unbounded Leap ability

[NPC]

Not sure this is really a rules question but here goes . . .

We've just taken the "leap" from 3.0e to 3.5e. My Thief-Acrobat player is wondering how is character's Unbounded Leap (Ex) ability works in 3.5e.

In 3.0e, Unbounded Leap removed the distance limit on Jump checks for the Thief-Acrobat.

In 3.5e, since you can't jump further than you can move in a round, how would you modifiy this ability for 3.5e? Should I just give the PrC a +3 to Jump checks? Or allow the ThA to jump further than he can move in a round (seems a bit unbalancing to me)? Maybe let him make Jump checks with only 10' of movement?

Thoughts, suggestions?

 

[AuraSeer]

It's possible to jump further than you can move, but the jump takes longer than one turn. From the SRD: "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."

 

[Norfleet]

It's possible to jump further than you can move, but the jump takes longer than one turn. From the SRD: "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."

Wouldn't that mean that for the rest of the round, until the character moves again, the character is airborne (and possibly hovering)?

 

[Dr_Rictus]

Wouldn't that mean that for the rest of the round, until the character moves again, the character is airborne (and possibly hovering)?

Airborne when the other characters take their actions: yes. Hovering: no, because the initiative system is not actually meant to represent everybody calmly taking turns.

So, if you jump farther than your movement speed, it simply represents a jump that takes longer than 6 seconds, which does mean that everyone else gets an action (or several) while you're in the process of jumping.

 

[James McMurray]

I'd give them a bonus to jump equal to their T-A level, or double their TA level if that isn't enough.