Duke of Urrel
2017-02-25, 08:01 PM
I have two questions.
1. The SRD is a little confusing about whether you must jump deliberately down from a height in order to make a Tumble check reduce the falling damage that you take when you land.
On the one hand, the discussion of falling (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/environment.htm#falling), which is echoed by the Rules Compendium, seems to indicate that you must jump deliberately down in order to reduce your falling damage with a Jump or Tumble check.
If a character deliberately jumps instead of merely slipping or falling, the damage is the same but the first 1d6 is nonlethal damage. A DC 15 Jump check or DC 15 Tumble check allows the character to avoid any damage from the first 10 feet fallen and converts any damage from the second 10 feet to nonlethal damage.
On the other hand, the discussion of Tumble skill itself (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/skills/tumble.htm) is ambiguous, stating in one place that Tumble checks are "part of movement" and in another place that a Tumble check to reduce falling damage is "an instant reaction."
Action
Not applicable. Tumbling is part of movement, so a Tumble check is part of a move action.
Try Again
Usually no. An audience, once it has judged a tumbler as an uninteresting performer, is not receptive to repeat performances.
You can try to reduce damage from a fall as an instant reaction only once per fall.
What do you think? Can you make a Tumble check to reduce damage from a fall as a reaction – that is, even if you fall accidentally and even if you fall while you are caught flat-footed – or can you make this Tumble check only if you deliberately jumped?
2. I have another related question. If you do jump deliberately down from a height, can you make both a Jump check and a Tumble check to reduce falling damage? The text doesn't mention this possibility but doesn't explicitly preclude it, either.
1. The SRD is a little confusing about whether you must jump deliberately down from a height in order to make a Tumble check reduce the falling damage that you take when you land.
On the one hand, the discussion of falling (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/environment.htm#falling), which is echoed by the Rules Compendium, seems to indicate that you must jump deliberately down in order to reduce your falling damage with a Jump or Tumble check.
If a character deliberately jumps instead of merely slipping or falling, the damage is the same but the first 1d6 is nonlethal damage. A DC 15 Jump check or DC 15 Tumble check allows the character to avoid any damage from the first 10 feet fallen and converts any damage from the second 10 feet to nonlethal damage.
On the other hand, the discussion of Tumble skill itself (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/skills/tumble.htm) is ambiguous, stating in one place that Tumble checks are "part of movement" and in another place that a Tumble check to reduce falling damage is "an instant reaction."
Action
Not applicable. Tumbling is part of movement, so a Tumble check is part of a move action.
Try Again
Usually no. An audience, once it has judged a tumbler as an uninteresting performer, is not receptive to repeat performances.
You can try to reduce damage from a fall as an instant reaction only once per fall.
What do you think? Can you make a Tumble check to reduce damage from a fall as a reaction – that is, even if you fall accidentally and even if you fall while you are caught flat-footed – or can you make this Tumble check only if you deliberately jumped?
2. I have another related question. If you do jump deliberately down from a height, can you make both a Jump check and a Tumble check to reduce falling damage? The text doesn't mention this possibility but doesn't explicitly preclude it, either.