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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Barak" data-source="post: 1962654" data-attributes="member: 3028">First, my thoughts on the questions posed, for what they're worth. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />The parachute thing.  The main "problem" here is..  What, in game terms, constitute a trained-paratrooper?  Is it someone who maxed out jump and tumble?  And, more importantly, what level is that person?  A 1st level maxed out paratrooper of average Str and Dex would have at a minimum +2 jump and tumble skill (that's assuming they are both cross-class and a Ref save of +0 (assuming a bad Ref save class).  So yeah, chances of doing a bad jump are semi-good.  But if we take a 3rd level character, assume a Str and Dex of 12 (not really superhuman), and maxed-out -class- skills, we jump to +7 to both skills, which reduces chances of injury greatly.  And we haven't figured out any feats/occupations that might make those go higher, not unlikely for a "pro" paratrooper.About the boots.  Add to what The Shaman has said that while the corcs might not be all that nice, how do they compare to -regular- boots?  I'd assume (perhaps wrongly) that the other boots were even worse, yet they give no penalty.  Therefore, it makes some sense to give the corcs a bonus. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />As for the group..  First all, I'm -very- glad to see that last character sheet.  I was starting to worry that we'd all die before even being fired upon, lost in the desert or something, and unable to find sand in our boots. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Also, despite the legion's reputation, I'm very glad that we have no psycho killer in there either.  Heck, as far as I can tell, Normand was the only one to even have a brush with any criminal element, and he didn't like it..  I didn't fancy having some dude with us who wanted to torture puppies at every step..</blockquote>

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