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oneofmanynameless · 02-08-2021, 03:13 PM

@Polkageist
Thank you for the clarification. =)
I like the idea of using the Time Taken / Haste rules. That implies that a -5 will approximately double your climb speed (equivalent to 1 level of Super Climbing without Clinging, according to Powers).
Taking it to a cinematic extreme for characters with the Move! skill or similarly absurd abilities to absorb penalties: It would also imply that with a -10 to skill you could accomplish 5 minutes worth of climbing as a move maneuver. That would let you scale a 33.33 yard tall tree in one second out of combat, which is probably too extreme so maybe if you use the Haste/time taken rules cap your climb speed at (Half Basic Move)+(Level of Super Climbing)?

Alternatively, if you say that -10 for "instant" is impossible for the skill to accomplish and the best you could do is -9 for 10% of the time, then you could accomplish 5 minutes of climbing (33.33 yards) in 30 seconds for 1.11 yards per second.

02-08-2021, 03:13 PM	#9
oneofmanynameless Join Date: May 2012 Location: New Hampshire, USA	Re: Climbing "Dyno" Jumps @Polkageist Thank you for the clarification. =) I like the idea of using the Time Taken / Haste rules. That implies that a -5 will approximately double your climb speed (equivalent to 1 level of Super Climbing without Clinging, according to Powers). Taking it to a cinematic extreme for characters with the Move! skill or similarly absurd abilities to absorb penalties: It would also imply that with a -10 to skill you could accomplish 5 minutes worth of climbing as a move maneuver. That would let you scale a 33.33 yard tall tree in one second out of combat, which is probably too extreme so maybe if you use the Haste/time taken rules cap your climb speed at (Half Basic Move)+(Level of Super Climbing)? Alternatively, if you say that -10 for "instant" is impossible for the skill to accomplish and the best you could do is -9 for 10% of the time, then you could accomplish 5 minutes of climbing (33.33 yards) in 30 seconds for 1.11 yards per second.