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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 8605248" data-attributes="member: 50987">(A fitness/athletics appreciation thread)According to the Player's Handbook:When you make a long jump, you cover a number of feet up to your Strength score if you move at least 10 feet on foot before the jump.&nbsp; This rule assumes that the height of your jump doesn't matter, such as jumping across a stream.&nbsp; No ability check, no dice rolls, no feats or proficiency bonuses or anything.&nbsp; Distance = Strength score.So here's Mike Powell completing an 8.95 meter (29.4 foot) long jump.&nbsp; This is what a Strength score of 29 looks like in real life:[MEDIA=youtube]B8Mui_qUvBo[/MEDIA]Incredible.How about we consider a more obvious real-world analog: the amount of weight a person can lift.&nbsp; According to the Player's Handbook:Your Strength score determines the amount of weight you can bear.&nbsp; You can push, drag, or lift a weight in pounds up to twice your carrying capacity, or 30 times your Strength score.&nbsp; Again,&nbsp; no checks needed, no dice are rolled, no bonuses are applied.&nbsp; Strength = Pounds lifted/30.The world record for deadlift is 501kg, or 1104.5 lbs., set by Hafthor Bjornsson&nbsp; (1104.5/30=36.8)&nbsp; So here's what a Strength of 37 looks like in real life:[MEDIA=youtube]2kEC7X1FUIg[/MEDIA]Awesome.&nbsp; A Dragon Turtle only has a Strength of what, 25?&nbsp; Pathetic.This kind of paints my Mountain Dwarf Barbarian in a completely new light.&nbsp; <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="💪" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f4aa.png" title="Flexed biceps&nbsp; &nbsp; :muscle:" data-shortname=":muscle:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 8605248, member: 50987"] (A fitness/athletics appreciation thread) According to the Player's Handbook: When you make a long jump, you cover a number of feet up to your Strength score if you move at least 10 feet on foot before the jump. This rule assumes that the height of your jump doesn't matter, such as jumping across a stream. No ability check, no dice rolls, no feats or proficiency bonuses or anything. Distance = Strength score. So here's Mike Powell completing an 8.95 meter (29.4 foot) long jump. This is what a Strength score of 29 looks like in real life: [MEDIA=youtube]B8Mui_qUvBo[/MEDIA] Incredible. How about we consider a more obvious real-world analog: the amount of weight a person can lift. According to the Player's Handbook: Your Strength score determines the amount of weight you can bear. You can push, drag, or lift a weight in pounds up to twice your carrying capacity, or 30 times your Strength score. Again, no checks needed, no dice are rolled, no bonuses are applied. Strength = Pounds lifted/30. The world record for deadlift is 501kg, or 1104.5 lbs., set by Hafthor Bjornsson (1104.5/30=36.8) So here's what a Strength of 37 looks like in real life: [MEDIA=youtube]2kEC7X1FUIg[/MEDIA] Awesome. A Dragon Turtle only has a Strength of what, 25? [I]Pathetic.[/I] This kind of paints my Mountain Dwarf Barbarian in a completely new light. 💪 [/QUOTE]

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