Re: Salmon Jump

From: Markus Battarbee <battery_at_...>
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 19:02:44 +0200

Mikko Rintasaari wrote:
> Uh, salmon jump is a real world thing. It means jumping straight up,
> turning in the air (like jumping into a pool) and coming straight
> down. Then one does a neat ukemi or a more western tumble to come out of
> it without breaking one's neck. It looks really impressive, and with the
> magic I'm sure one can jump right over tall people. A neat trick in
> combat, but don't try it in heavy armor (in my game, that is)
> But I don't think it's meant to have anything to do with water,
> really. The leap just looks like a salmon jumping.

Well, whatever you say. I just have the hunch that I once read about the Salmon Jump in some text concerning RQ heroquesting - a hero could invoke something he learnt on a heroquest, and the effect of the Salmon Jump was to swim fast and jump straight out of the water and up a waterfall. Like what fish do when they swim up rivers to get to their mating grounds...

-B

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