[Torg] Jumping in Torg

[Chris]

I am not referring to the leaping tall buildings however, but more of the
Smallville era Superman, where tall buildings didn't exist, running fast,
then jumping, and it leading to him landing several miles away. I may be
able to offer a suggestion that could cause this discussion to a close,
however.
Long Jumping be based on DEX, as DEX is the only speed appropriate stat we
have.

High Jumping is based on STR, as you need to have the muscles in your legs
to get a high jump.

This covers the above argument about Superman being super strong, but it
also covers the fact that he is also super fast (which cannot be attributed
to his strength, as it is a separate power of his).

Chris

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 7:28 AM, Travis James Hall <
travisjhall at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: torg-bounces at justintimeadventures.com
> > [mailto:torg-bounces at justintimeadventures.com] On Behalf Of Chris
> > Sent: Wednesday, 10 December 2008 6:29 PM
> > To: torg at justintimeadventures.com
> > Subject: Re: [Torg] Jumping in Torg
> >
> > 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.
>
> True, but not a good example, because Superman has super-strength (and
> generally used that to perform his great leaps, not simply running really
> fast off an incline).
>
> Strength really should be a pretty big factor in jumping, as leg strength
> is
> where we get our initial vertical velocity. Having a nice, high horizontal
> velocity (that is, running fast) also helps, but jumpers generally can't
> get
> their full running speed at an optimum 45deg angle to the ground.
>
> Travis Hall
>
> _______________________________________________
> Torg mailing list
> Torg at justintimeadventures.com
> http://www.justintimeadventures.com/mailman/listinfo/torg
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.justintimeadventures.com/pipermail/torg/attachments/20081210/8562e0f2/attachment.html>