Falling Damage

When falling, use the following rules for HP Damage:

• TN=3
• Skill=1 per meter falling
• Each Ss does 5 points of damage
• Feathers, or similar soft items, subtract 9 points of damage per Ss
• Irregular areas in the landing zone add 5 points of damage per Ss
• Damage should be considered into one or two body areas in accordance with the Optional Weapon Rules
• Damage can be reduced by a practiced fall:
  • Skill used to reduce damage can either be the Characters' R (Reaction), Acrobatics, any throwing martial art skill
  • Each Success reduces damage by 1
  • TN=4

Robert falls out of a the third story window of a building he as climbing. Each story is about 2.4 meters high. Assuming the window is some height from the floor, we can assume that he falls between 5-6 meters. The GM rules the fall as 5 meters. As Robert falls, he tries to roll out of harm's way.

• Robert has no skills which might affect the results and his R is 5.
• He rolls 5 dice and gets 4 Ss for 20 damage
• His Reaction roll results in 5 success, therefore the total damage is 15 damage.
• The GM rules that he hit on his back and so, though he is in pain, he is still mobile.

From suicide jumpers in NYC

% probability of:	10′	20′	30′	40′	50′	60′	70′	80′	90′	100′	110′
limb fracture	41	63	70	76	80	82	85	88	90	93	94
spine fracture	5	10	13	16	20	23	27	29	31	33	35
death	2	7	12	21	35	49	62	74	83	92	95