From 75434c271349ea9888b609a577c183d03188f995 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Malin Freeborn <malinfreeborn@posteo.net>
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2024 10:16:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] adjust falling damage
---
combat.tex | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------
commands.tex | 15 +++++++++++++++
config | 2 +-
3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/combat.tex b/combat.tex
index 8f822a2c..7310daae 100644
--- a/combat.tex
+++ b/combat.tex
@@ -698,19 +698,29 @@ As per the previous chart, a near-failure can be worse than a total failure.
\begin{multicols}{2}
-\makeAutoRule{falling}{Falling Damage}{characters suffers 1 Damage per \glsfmttext{step} in height, plus their own Strength}
+\makeAutoRule{falling}{Falling Damage}{falling Damage equals half the \glsfmtplural{step} fallen, plus the characters Strength.}
\index{Falling}
-Falling Damage is +1 per \gls{step}, plus the characters Strength.
-Every +4 Damage converts to $1D6$ as usual.
-
-Characters who fall off a building suffer $1D6-2$ + Strength.
-
-Smaller creatures suffer less from falling, so a gnome with Strength -2 can easily fall 2~\glspl{step} without pain, while a human who lands wrong can break an arm by falling badly from a horse.
-
-Characters falling straight downward can attempt to mitigate up to 4 Damage by rolling \roll{Dexterity}{Athletics} (\tn[5] +1 per Damage).
-Those falling forward and down in an arc can mitigate up to 6.
-
-The maximum Damage someone can suffer from a fall is 18, equating to $4D6+2$ + Strength.
+Falling Damage equals half the \glspl{step} fallen, plus the characters Strength.
+The Damage then converts to a dice roll instead.
+
+If the \glspl{pc} all fall off a building, 3~\glspl{step} high, they would start with 2~Damage.
+Smaller creatures have less body to fall, so a gnome, with Strength~-2 would take no Damage from this fall; while a dwarf with Strength~+0 would take 2 Damage (which converts to \dmg{2}).
+Larger creatures feel their own weight crushing down on them, so a gnoll with Strength~+4 would suffer 6~Damage (which converts to \dmg{6}).
+
+Characters who fell in a downward-arc can attempt to break their fall with a roll (in both senses), and avoid all Damage, with \roll{Speed}{Athletics}.
+The \gls{tn} is 7 plus the height of the fall.
+However, when falling straight downwards, the \gls{tn} is 7 plus \textit{double} the height in \glspl{step}.
+
+\begin{boxtable}[cYXX]
+ \textbf{Strength} & \textbf{Height} & \textbf{Damage} & \textbf{TN} \\
+ \hline
+ \calcFallingDamage{-2}{6}
+ \calcFallingDamage{0}{3}
+ \calcFallingDamage{0}{6}
+ \calcFallingDamage{3}{1}
+ \calcFallingDamage{3}{3}
+ \calcFallingDamage{3}{6}
+\end{boxtable}
\subsection{Animals}
diff --git a/commands.tex b/commands.tex
index 704d62b4..04e7e2f9 100644
--- a/commands.tex
+++ b/commands.tex
@@ -344,3 +344,18 @@
\end{boxtable}
}%
}
+
+
+\newcommand\calcFallingDamage[2]{%
+ \setcounter{Strength}{#1}%
+ \setcounter{enc}{#2}%
+ \setcounter{damage}{\value{enc}}%
+ \roundUp{damage}
+ \addtocounter{damage}{\value{Strength}}%
+ \setcounter{tn}{\value{damage}}%
+ \addtocounter{tn}{7}%
+ \setcounter{track}{\value{tn}}%
+ \addtocounter{track}{\value{enc}}%
+ \arabic{Strength} & \arabic{enc}~\ifnum\value{enc}>1\glspl{step}\else\gls{step}\fi & \dmg{damage} & \arabic{tn} / \arabic{track} \\
+}
+
diff --git a/config b/config
index a25fdfdf..34e35423 160000
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a25fdfdf77d787667ca05a83d64fce750df2e388
+Subproject commit 34e354236ec8da47ee4e6cd862d42445b74e2f80
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