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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson Longinus" data-source="post: 8040696" data-attributes="member: 7025508">I can't say I'm a fan of the standard falling rules. I am fine with even non-magical high level D&amp;D characters being mythic heroes that can do stuff normal people never could. However, I think with falling rules as they stand we get to bizarro superhero land far too quickly. Most fifth level characters can fall from a top of a five storey building without any risk of death. This simply seems wrong to me. I'd be fine with if a level fifteen character could do that. Another thing that bugs me is the lack of 'tumble.' Characters skilled in acrobatics should be able to fall from greater heights than ones without it. And of course the size not affecting the falling damage is another weirdness.I've been trying to brainstorm rules that would increase the default falling damage but would allow acrobatics to reduce it. But it is really hard to get anything that would match my intuitions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson Longinus, post: 8040696, member: 7025508"] I can't say I'm a fan of the standard falling rules. I am fine with even non-magical high level D&D characters being mythic heroes that can do stuff normal people never could. However, I think with falling rules as they stand we get to bizarro superhero land far too quickly. Most fifth level characters can fall from a top of a five storey building without any risk of death. This simply seems wrong to me. I'd be fine with if a level fifteen character could do that. Another thing that bugs me is the lack of 'tumble.' Characters skilled in acrobatics should be able to fall from greater heights than ones without it. And of course the size not affecting the falling damage is another weirdness. I've been trying to brainstorm rules that would increase the default falling damage but would allow acrobatics to reduce it. But it is really hard to get anything that would match my intuitions. [/QUOTE]

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