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Thread: Ignoring Falling Damage
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2010-01-30, 05:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Ignoring Falling Damage
For reasons which may or may not become clear at some point, I am looking for absolutely any method which reduces falling damage, in any situation. The only ones I can think of right now are Featherfall and Monks. Does anybody have any other ideas?
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2010-01-30, 05:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
Jumping deliberately and a tumble check.
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2010-01-30, 05:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
A ring of feather fall isn't too expensive, and the monk's Slow Fall is just plain weak. If you're worried about slots, you can double the ring's price to make it slotless.
Last edited by Prime32; 2010-01-30 at 05:33 PM.
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2010-01-30, 05:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
Originally Posted by Lysander
Originally Posted by Prime32Give me any character, and I will give you a freeform conversion.
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2010-01-30, 05:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
Quickened wall of force/Otiluke's resilient sphere/similar spell?
Web could work to catch you.Last edited by Prime32; 2010-01-30 at 05:39 PM.
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2010-01-30, 05:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
The catfall psionic power allows you to ignore a small amount of falling damage (more, if you augment it), and lets you always land on your feet regardless of how far you fall.
Yes, this means successful trip attempts.
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2010-01-30, 05:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-01-30, 06:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
Solid Fog can catch you too, but it's kind of high level to spend as a Featherfall.
There's a Catfall psionic power.
Have wings?
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2010-01-30, 06:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
One soulmeld (the apparition ribbon) makes you go ethereal when you move more than 5 ft. You can fly (at perfect maneuverability) while ethereal. Thus, you can't fall more than 5 ft without stopping for at least a moment.
Likewise, the astral vambraces can grant you flight.
There are several grafts that grant winged flight. You can ride around on a phantom steed, or be under the effects of alter self, fly, or overland flight as well.
Check the SRD for catfall and the boots of landing (catfall 1/day).
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2010-01-30, 06:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
Fly :D
But also DR I think for shorter falls.
Falling into water.
Oh, also, an immediate action tied to triggering a teleport. Like abrupt jaunt, or the warlock's version.
I know, not very helpful, but all the good advice was taken, and you asked for more.Last edited by randomhero00; 2010-01-30 at 06:12 PM.
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2010-01-30, 06:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
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2010-01-30, 06:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
Are you trying to fall at full speed, and just ignore the damage?
Are you using the 4500 lbs. of madness? Or perhaps the Dragoon?
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2010-01-30, 06:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
Anti-impact armor, from I think Complete Warrior.
Get half damage from any source of full body crushing damage. Falling, constriction, "rocks fall"
The monk one requires you to be near a wall.
Raptoran and a few other winged races. If they fall, or are knocked unconscious midflight, their wings open and allow them to spiral to ground safely.
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2010-01-30, 06:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
Swift etherealness lets you become ethereal as an immediate action. It's superior to feather fall in situations where you actually DO want to plummet long distances at high speeds, and are merely worried about the sudden stop at the end.
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2010-01-30, 06:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
1 level dip in Binder grants at will Feather fall (Ronove-the monk Binder).
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2010-01-30, 06:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
There is a cheap, slotless (IIRC) one-shot item of Featherfall in the MIC. Forget what it was called.
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2010-01-30, 06:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
Doesn't the feather token do that as well?
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2010-01-30, 06:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-01-30, 06:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
Dragonborn with the wing aspect.
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2010-01-30, 07:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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I suppose the Acrobat Boots would work. It takes a little more investment than the other things listed, but being able to ignore 3d6+ of damage is pretty sweet.
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2010-01-30, 08:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
Blink reduces falling damage by 50%. Use it all day with a very expensive ring of Blinking. Kind of pricey just to negate falling damage, but given that Blink is useful against attacks too...
For a much cheaper option get Boots of Levitation. Stop falling entirely and even go back up.
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2010-01-30, 08:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
There are a dozen or so feather fall items. Dragonborn of Bahumat w/ wings starts with a glide-like ability that prevents falling damage. Roof-Jumper and Roofclimber in Cityscape, I think. Shape Soulmeld: Pegasus Cloak (feather fall again).
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2010-01-30, 09:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
A parachute.
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2010-01-30, 10:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
Take the Explosive Spell metamagic feat, and apply it to a small-radius spell. Time it precisely. The falling damage will be negated and the explosive damage will be small.
This is a silly idea. Just take a slotless item of Feather Fall.
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2010-01-30, 10:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
You fall at 60 ft/round, which is awfully inconvenient. Better IMO to get perfect maneuverability flying and pull out of free-falls.
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2010-01-30, 10:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
It's not the damage from falling that you need to worry about.
It's the sudden stop at the end.
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2010-01-30, 11:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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I was once playing a barbarian who fell about 200 feet, while raging. I Mad Foam Raged the damage from the falling. Didn't make it go away, but it did buy me a round. :)
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2010-01-30, 11:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
Armor of landing.
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2010-01-31, 12:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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2010-01-31, 12:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ignoring Falling Damage
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