Force Jump..

[ZzaphodD]

AFAIK theres no official rules for jumping with the help of the force. Increase attribute or concentration doesnt really cut it if you look at the jumps (even if you limit yourself to Lukes jump out of the carbonite freezer).

So, the 'Force Powers' netbook has a fan-made force jump (see below). Its a bit complicated though as the activation roll increases the Jump skill, which then is used in a specific way for this power. I found another version at rpggamer.org (also see below) that only uses Alter and leaves Jump out of it.

So, which version would you use, keeping playability in mind? The actual numbers (distance jumped) are not important, they can be changed to fit your own wishes. Focus on the rules mechanics.

From Force Powers Netbook.
Force Jump
Control Difficulty: Easy
Control Roll > Jumping
Difficulty by: Increase
1-3 +1D
4-8 +2D
9-15 +3D
16-25 +4D
26-37 +5D
38+ +6D
Alter Difficulty: Easy
Required Powers: Enhance attribute,
telekinesis
Effect: A Jedi uses this power to increase his
jumping ability in order to perform impossibly
high leaps. If both Force skill rolls are successful,
the character uses his normal climbing/jumping
skill to perform the jump, but he uses the special
table below to determine difficulties. If the
control roll exceeds the difficulty, the character
gains an immediate bonus to his climbing/
jumping roll. If the Jedi fails any Force skill roll,
the power is not activated and the character is
left to use his normal jumping ability (and there
are certain situations where you can’t back
out of a jump because your power failed). At
the gamemaster’s discretion, a failed climbing/
jumping roll might mean the Jedi fails to achieve
the desired height or distance, fails to properly
cushion his landing and suffers normal falling
damage, or both. Multiple action penalties apply.
The climbing/jumping roll is a third action in that
round, whether the power is successful or not.
Height Jumped Jumping Difficulty
0 - 1 meter Very Easy
1 - 2 meters Easy
3 - 4 meters Moderate
5 - 8 meters Difficult
9 - 15 meters Very Difficult
16 - 20 meters Heroic
Add +5 to the difficulty for every additional
5 meters. If the character is simply jumping
downwards, with no upwards movement,
reduce jumping difficulty by one level. Add +1
to the difficulty per meter of horizontal distance
jumped.

From RPGGamer.org
Force Leap
Control Difficulty: Moderate.
Alter Difficulty:
Very Easy for a leap of 5 or less meters;
Easy for a leap of 6-12 meters;
Moderate for 13-20 meters;
Difficult for 21-35 meters;
Very Difficult for 36-50 meters;
Heroic for more than 50 meters.
Required Powers: Concentration, Telekinesis.
Effect: Allows a Jedi to jump much further or higher than she would
normally be able to jump. If she spends a round preparing for the leap,
either by contracting her legs into a deep crouch, and making a running
start, she is allowed a +5 bonus to her roll, which may be split into
either the Control or Alter rolls.

[Random Numbers]

So the Jedi rolls jump for both versions of Force Jump? Considering maps...
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[ZzaphodD]

[Pel]

So the first roll is to see if you get the power activated and working, and the second is to see exactly how high you jump? If so, that sounds reasonable. Kind of like shooting then rolling damage.
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[ZzaphodD]

[Gry Sarth]

When creating the Force Jump power, this is one thing we considered a lot. I just really felt that someone who was an amazing natural jumper should have some advantage in performing a Force Jump than some immobile fat slob.
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[ZzaphodD]

[cheshire]

When we were doing the power we had a number of factors that we included. This really was one of the hardest powers to do. We had suggestions coming at all ends. On one end we had mechanics in there about not only making the jump but landing the jump. Not to mention separate mechanics for height and length. At another end we had a single roll to make the whole thing. We had some who wanted fast and other who wanted something realistic (if you can call anything Force-oriented realistic). Yes, there are things that could be emphasized over others, and yes you COULD introduce more mechanics or strip away other mechanics, but I encourage you to play test it in the context of an adventure. See what it can do. D6 is about cinematic and simple rules. We've tried to strike an even balance with that Force power. If you want to home brew something for your own game, then feel free... there's plenty of room for it. This was just the consensus that we came to when we were all designing the fan-made powers in the Force book.
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[hisham]

[atgxtg]

Hmm, thinking of stripping it down a bit.

Maybe just add the character's Control Dice to Jumping as with lightsaber combat?

Alter difficulty: VE, but modfierd by complexity as per TK (so a simple jump is easier than doing cartwheels in the air).

[Praxian]

Force Jump is something I don't use in my campaign personally.

If a PC has TK, I make them use that to Force themselves from here to there. Difficulty being on how far it is.

In my opinion, Force Jump is just another aspect of TK, so just Alter is needed. However if you botch the roll, you've got a long fall going down.

[ZzaphodD]

[ZzaphodD]

[atgxtg]

[Praxian]