[Torg] Jumping in Torg

[Phil Dack]

This is quite correct - "leap tall buildings in a single bound". The flying came later, originally he was indeed just a hulk-esque jumper.

--- On Wed, 10/12/08, Chris <3n7r0py at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Chris <3n7r0py at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Torg] Jumping in Torg
To: torg at justintimeadventures.com
Date: Wednesday, 10 December, 2008, 7:29 AM

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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