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How much damage should a character take if they fail a parachuting test?
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Glayvin34
post Jan 6 2008, 06:48 PM
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I'm going to be taking over as GM for my group for a little while and I wanted to do something eXtreme for an opening run, so I'm going to force the team to skydive to their objective.

A parachuting test is Body + Parachuting, and I assume one hit is enough to land safely without taking damage. If one were to fail a parachuting test and hit the ground what happens?
In RL, if your parachute deploys but you are incapacitated and unable to affect the landing in any way, you wouldn't die, but you will probably suffer some broken bones, depending on what you land on.

I was thinking that a failed parachute test should result in some damage that can be resisted with Body + Impact Armor. And I suppose the GM might want to add a few boxes depending on what the character lands on. Does that sound right?

I'd like to hear any ideas anyone has about getting stuck in trees, hitting powerlines, smacking the sides of buildings, and other nasty events that might result from a failed parachuting test.
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- Glayvin34   Failed Parachuting Test (hitting the ground)   Jan 6 2008, 06:48 PM
- - Karaden   Lets see. I would think that unless you get a cri...   Jan 6 2008, 06:57 PM
- - kzt   What looks like a nice empty space without trees v...   Jan 6 2008, 07:14 PM
- - Gelare   Whether or not the parachute deploys at all doesn...   Jan 6 2008, 07:26 PM
- - Whipstitch   Even if they avoid taking damage the Disorientatio...   Jan 6 2008, 07:27 PM
- - kzt   Advanced sport parachutes (other then those run by...   Jan 6 2008, 07:47 PM
- - Kyoto Kid   ...ok slight but this is pretty noteworthy. On A...   Jan 6 2008, 10:10 PM
- - Spike   Actually, a totally incapacitated person (unconcio...   Jan 7 2008, 12:04 AM
- - Jack Kain   Heard this story of a troll character who ended in...   Jan 7 2008, 10:11 AM
- - Cthulhudreams   Lots of profession soldiers have broken things in ...   Jan 7 2008, 11:29 AM
- - hyzmarca   First, determine actual landing velocity. Second,...   Jan 7 2008, 02:20 PM
- - Kyoto Kid   QUOTE (Spike)Other than that: falling from great h...   Jan 7 2008, 03:58 PM
- - Carver   Terminal velocity might actually be slower for a t...   Jan 7 2008, 04:20 PM
- - Wounded Ronin   Steps for determining damage code: 1.) Create eg...   Jan 7 2008, 04:23 PM
- - Apathy   I would guess that damage would vary significantly...   Jan 7 2008, 05:06 PM
- - Glayvin34   What was that old addage about there only being as...   Jan 7 2008, 05:48 PM
- - Whipstitch   QUOTE (Carver @ Jan 7 2008, 11:20 AM) Termina...   Jan 7 2008, 05:52 PM
- - Carver   QUOTE (Whipstitch) QUOTE (Carver @ Jan 7 2008...   Jan 7 2008, 08:17 PM
- - Karaden   QUOTE (Carver @ Jan 7 2008, 03:17 PM) QUOTE (...   Jan 7 2008, 08:24 PM
- - hyzmarca   Drag also depends on atmospheric density and thus ...   Jan 7 2008, 08:38 PM
- - Karaden   QUOTE (hyzmarca) Drag also depends on atmospheric ...   Jan 7 2008, 09:50 PM
- - Exodus   Keep in mind that Terminal Velocity for a human is...   Jan 7 2008, 09:58 PM
- - Nightwalker450   Just for grins... Use standard rules as for gettin...   Jan 7 2008, 09:58 PM
- - Exodus   QUOTE (Nightwalker450) Just for grins... Use stand...   Jan 7 2008, 09:59 PM
- - hyzmarca   QUOTE (Karaden) QUOTE (hyzmarca @ Jan 7 2008,...   Jan 7 2008, 10:16 PM
- - Kyoto Kid   ...actually four, the highest altitude achieved by...   Jan 7 2008, 10:59 PM
- - Apathy   I remember reading as a kid that WWII Soviets used...   Jan 7 2008, 11:59 PM
- - Wounded Ronin   QUOTE (Apathy) I remember reading as a kid that WW...   Jan 8 2008, 05:58 AM
- - cx2   As it happens I heard in one of the wars the Russi...   Jan 8 2008, 06:24 AM
- - MaxHunter   It was in the first WW If I remember correctly.......   Jan 8 2008, 01:22 PM
- - MaxHunter   Bingo! This is the thread: here It was about ...   Jan 8 2008, 01:56 PM
- - Kyoto Kid   ...the HALO jump into the blizzard was the part I ...   Jan 8 2008, 03:44 PM
- - Karaden   QUOTE (hyzmarca @ Jan 7 2008, 05:16 PM) QUOTE...   Jan 8 2008, 04:02 PM
- - Kyoto Kid   ...you are correct about air density and speed. ...   Jan 8 2008, 04:49 PM
- - TheOneRonin   QUOTE (cx2)As it happens I heard in one of the war...   Jan 8 2008, 07:19 PM


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