| From: | Lute, David dlute@********.com |
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| Subject: | Sky Diving was Re: Advanced Metamagic |
| Date: | Mon, 27 Nov 2000 09:42:22 -0500 |
Damion Milliken writes,
So essentially, a normal person (assume Athletics 1-2?), with a bit of
instruction and a practice run (Sky Diving 1?), could make an easy jump
(TN
4?) with moderate success (1-2 successes)? I guess at this point the
Complimentary bit could go either way. I would imagine, like Doc,
however,
that a HALO jump would require more skills in Sky Diving than in
Athletics.
So an expert Sky Diver (Sky Diving 6, Athletics 1), would be a lot
better
off than a trained athlete (Sky Diving 1, Athletics 6) at hitting the
mark
and not injuring himself on a night time HALO jump. Sound reasonable?
If
it does, then I think Doc's right - the Complimentary skill becomes
Athletics. What do you think, Dave, you'd have more of an idea than me?
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I would agree there. A simple sky dive from say 5 - 10K is not that bad and
after a class and a jump they should be ok with the 1 -2 success. That is
if they pulled the rip cord correctly. If they did not have much or any Sky
Diving skill I would make them make say 2 tests. First one to see if they
exited the plane correctly and as a result could pull the rip cord. Second
one to navigate down and land with out hurting themselves. It is up to the
GM to decide if the chute opened correctly or not and so on.
HALO I have not done (I wish but that will be in the future I hope).
Allot more complex and allot more skill and equipment needed. 1st you will
need an O2 tank and a mask to breath, second a different chute and allot
more expensive chute, and third a suit to cover your entire body to keep you
from freezing to death. If you only had a sky diving of 1 and tried a HALO
you would probably hurt or kill yourself. Almost all deaths in the sport of
skydiving come from Low entry openings and HALO is allot more that just a
Low entry opening.
A normal skydive entry and landing will not hurt you at all if you land
correctly, in fact you will only be hurt as much as if you stood on a chair
and jumped off of it. However take a Low Entry opening, if you don't time
it just right you will not have enough time for you chute to open all the
way and thus no way to slow you down, can you say OCUH!! Thought so. Low
Entry openings normally means opening the chute under 1000 feet, this gives
you just enough time to pull the rip cord, have the chute open, "flare"(how
you slow down to land), and touch your feet to the ground.
So with that I would make a Low Entry opening at least 4 success and the TN
dependant on skill and training.
Hope that helps.
Sorry for the late reply I went on vacation for my 1 year anniversary and I
didn't really have time to check the list .
DL
