Falling

Taking Damage from Falling

The amount of damaged suffered in a fall depends on the distance of the drop. Armor Points do not reduce falling damage.

Distance Fallen	Damage Taken
1m or less	No damage
2-5m	1d6 damage to a random location
6-10m	2d6 damage to two random locations
11-15m	3d6 damage to three random locations
16-20m	4d6 damage to four random locations
Each +5m	+1d6 damage

Damage is rolled separately for each location; it is not spread among them.

Creatures of a smaller size suffer less from a fall. Those of SIZ 8 to 9 treat the distance fallen as 1m less. A creature of SIZ 6 to 7 treats the distance fallen as 3m less. A creature of SIZ 4 to 5 treats the distance fallen as 5m less. A creature of SIZ 2 to 3 treats the distance fallen as 8m less. A creature of SIZ 1 or less treats the distance fallen as 10m less.

Creatures of a larger size suffer more from a fall. For every 10 points above SIZ 20 (rounded up) the creature adds +1d6 points to the damage. Thus a SIZ 35 creature which drops from a height of 2m would take 3d6 damage to a random location.

Acrobatics can be used to mitigate falling damage -- a successful roll allows the character to treat the fall as if it were 2m shorter than it actually is. In addition, as long as the roll is successful and the character does not suffer a Serious or Major Wound due to the fall, the character lands on their feet rather than prone.

Characters falling onto soft surfaces may treat the distance they fall as halved for the purposes of damage. Different surfaces might have differing effects on fall damage at the GM's discretion.

Characters falling onto damaging surfaces (such as a pit of spikes) will suffer the effects of ther surface to all locations that are daamged in the fall.

Being Hit By a Falling Object

A falling object imparts an amount of damage based on its SIZ and the distance of the fall. An object imparts 1d6 damage for every 6 points of SIZ (rounded up), plus the damage it would take from the fall (as determined in the table above, including any modifications due to size and such).