RE: Falling from a great height

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 00:32:39 +0100

> > By the way, HQ p275
> >
> > Jump down safely from a city wall: 5W2 to 10W3
> > Jump down safely from a fortress tower: 5W3 to 10W4
>
> This is much better than resorting to physics. Is the jump
> harder than a city wall or easier?

Well, this is a city wall that happens to be on top of a cliff. 15W3? Higher?

> Some of our Heroes have a Fall From the Sky Feat that they
> can use to fall incredibly high distances. Nothing mentioned
> about landing though ....

I suspect falling, without the landing specified, is quite easy even without the feat.

> A long time ago, I went to one of the Welsh castles, can't
> remember which
> one, with some of our RQ group. We stood at the top of one of
> the walls and
> looked down. Ady said "Fifteen metres? I could survive a fall
> like that in RQ. Hmmmmm ....."

There's nothing quite like trying these things (or at least looking at them) for real.