[Torg] Jumping in Torg

[Chris]

Unless I'm sorely mistaken, Superman did running long jumps that were miles
in length prior to learning he could fly. And according to some people I
know, in the very early times, he didn't actually fly, but only performed
supreme acts of jumpitude.
Chris

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Kansas Jim <ksjim at sdc.org> wrote:

> Benjmain Grant wrote:
>
>  In other words, if the superhero goes a vastly shorter distance than the
>> projectile, and the reason is *because* he has superpowers, that is
>> bizarre,
>> even for supers.
>>
>
> <shrug> Show me a speedster in a comic book long jumping thousands of
> feet and I'll reconsider.
>
> Something to think about is that in the comics, what characters do we
> see with ridiculous jumping distances? Not the fast guys, it's the
> strong guys. A running start may help but it's strength, not speed,
> that's seen as the determining factor. I've looked over a bunch of
> superhero RPGs tonight and that's how they all approach it, jumping
> ability is based on a character's strength. If they even mention a
> running jump it does increase the distance jumped but the speed at
> which the person runs doesn't enter into the equation. Perhaps the
> jumping limit value should be based off of Strength rather than
> Dexterity? That'd dovetail nicely with speedsters not being shown in
> the comics as prodigious leapers, they may move really fast but they
> usually have normal human strength levels.
>
>
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