Jumping height

[SpiritOfTheWolf]

Maybe I'm missing it but some sort of warning that jumping from too high will injury you. Also would be cool to have an althletics check to determine the height which you can jump giving fighters a bit more mobility that they could use.

[Void]

1. I think your athletics passively, directly affects how high you can jump.

2. Jumping off of cliffs will hurt, not being rude but that's common sense.

[Harkmagic]

You can take damage from some fairly small changes in height where it isn't obvious you would be hurt. The game is good about warning you if you're about to move through dangerous terrain. A warning for a dangerous jump should be given too.

[Axeidis]

there is a warning, its called common sense, not to troll, but things like that arent necessary, they shouldnt have to tell you things like that, because whats next, a warning that when you swing a weapon at someone that it will cause them damage, in dnd every 5 ft you fall above 5 ft does you a d6 of damage, so you should inherently expect if you jump/drop more than your height you will be taking damage.

[Harkmagic]

Then you obviously haven't seen the small drops that will do damage. Stuff I would let a small child jump off without fear of injury. Probably bugs, but it does happen.

[Oahkery]

Originally posted by Axeidis:

there is a warning, its called common sense, not to troll, but things like that arent necessary, they shouldnt have to tell you things like that, because whats next, a warning that when you swing a weapon at someone that it will cause them damage, in dnd every 5 ft you fall above 5 ft does you a d6 of damage, so you should inherently expect if you jump/drop more than your height you will be taking damage.

It's a bit deceptive what you can and can't jump off of without damage. In no way is it common sense. The fall damage height is incredibly small, and you even go prone with fall damage. Like, the ledges in the very first room of the intro give you fall damage and knock you prone, and they're barely over your character's head. That's crazy that a height like that hurts you, unless you land wrong, in which case it would be a check. In real life, as a guy in average shape who's not constantly running and fighting, I can jump off a ledge more than my height and be fine; why would these adventures be able to do less than me?

[Axeidis]

Originally posted by Oahkery:

Originally posted by Axeidis:

there is a warning, its called common sense, not to troll, but things like that arent necessary, they shouldnt have to tell you things like that, because whats next, a warning that when you swing a weapon at someone that it will cause them damage, in dnd every 5 ft you fall above 5 ft does you a d6 of damage, so you should inherently expect if you jump/drop more than your height you will be taking damage.

It's a bit deceptive what you can and can't jump off of without damage. In no way is it common sense. The fall damage height is incredibly small, and you even go prone with fall damage. Like, the ledges in the very first room of the intro give you fall damage and knock you prone, and they're barely over your character's head. That's crazy that a height like that hurts you, unless you land wrong, in which case it would be a check. In real life, as a guy in average shape who's not constantly running and fighting, I can jump off a ledge more than my height and be fine; why would these adventures be able to do less than me?

its just going by dnd rulings, d6 of damage for every 5 ft beyound 5 ft, and if you were jumping down more than your height, wearing armour, carrying weapons and other gear, there is a great chance youll hurt yourself.

[TheLornis]

In a game of DnD you would ask the GM how long is the fall, and then you will know the numer of d6 of dammage. Or at least an idea of how much.

So yeah they should tell you, because the game is the DM.