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Peter Knutsen: /* Quick mini-glossary */ Defining JF in the mini-glossary, and emphasizing it via an empty line after

Peter Knutsen — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:41:39 GMT

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	== Quick mini-glossary ==		== Quick mini-glossary ==
-	'''Agility-Heavy'''. Denotes a Skill roll (or sometimes other roll) that is heavily affected by the character's Fleetness, thus using the more extreme of the two Fleetness-based RD modifiers. Examples incudes the Dodge, Jumping and Acrobatics Skills, as well as all unarmed combat Skills.	+	'''JF'''. Jump Factor, a derived statistic that is used to derive the character's jump distance via a lookup table, by cross-indexing JF with the Jumping skill roll outcome.
		+	<br><br>'''Agility-Heavy'''. Denotes a Skill roll (or sometimes other roll) that is heavily affected by the character's Fleetness, thus using the more extreme of the two Fleetness-based RD modifiers. Examples incudes the Dodge, Jumping and Acrobatics Skills, as well as all unarmed combat Skills.
	<br>'''Agility-Light'''. Denotes a Skill roll (or sometimes oter roll) that is somewhat affected by the character's Fleetness, using the less extreme of the two Fleetness-based RD modifiers. For many Fleetness values, this modifier will be +0 RD. Examples include most melee combat skills.		<br>'''Agility-Light'''. Denotes a Skill roll (or sometimes oter roll) that is somewhat affected by the character's Fleetness, using the less extreme of the two Fleetness-based RD modifiers. For many Fleetness values, this modifier will be +0 RD. Examples include most melee combat skills.
	<br>'''Fleetness'''. A statistic that fluctuates depending on the character's state. Its base is the ratio between the character's Leg Strength and either Size or Frame (see further down), which is relatively fixed, but on top of this it is modified by the load carried, including separate modifiers for armour or heavy clothing, heavy weaponry carried (a sword or heavy staff gives -1 Fleetness), a shield, and other gear carried (called encumbrance). This modifier is always in the downwards direction.		<br>'''Fleetness'''. A statistic that fluctuates depending on the character's state. Its base is the ratio between the character's Leg Strength and either Size or Frame (see further down), which is relatively fixed, but on top of this it is modified by the load carried, including separate modifiers for armour or heavy clothing, heavy weaponry carried (a sword or heavy staff gives -1 Fleetness), a shield, and other gear carried (called encumbrance). This modifier is always in the downwards direction.

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Peter Knutsen — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:37:40 GMT

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-	== Jump Factor ~~(JF)~~ ==	+	== Jump Factor ==
	A character's Jump Factor equals (Agility+6)/3 round to nearest (for Humans and most Humanoid-shaped creatures, anyway), making it a heavily normalized derived statistic.		A character's Jump Factor equals (Agility+6)/3 round to nearest (for Humans and most Humanoid-shaped creatures, anyway), making it a heavily normalized derived statistic.

Peter Knutsen: Adding the term JF as clarification

Peter Knutsen — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:36:43 GMT

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-	Jump Factor is a derived statistic, used as the top row of a lookup table for jumping distances. It is derived from Agility but heavily normalized, and is affected by Fleetness, and by Spells.	+	Jump Factor, JF, is a derived statistic, used as the top row of a lookup table for jumping distances. It is derived from Agility but heavily normalized, and is affected by Fleetness, and by Spells.

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Peter Knutsen — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:35:13 GMT

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-	== ~~Subject~~ ==	+	== Jump Factor (JF) ==
	A character's Jump Factor equals (Agility+6)/3 round to nearest (for Humans and most Humanoid-shaped creatures, anyway), making it a heavily normalized derived statistic.		A character's Jump Factor equals (Agility+6)/3 round to nearest (for Humans and most Humanoid-shaped creatures, anyway), making it a heavily normalized derived statistic.

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	Giving an ad hoc +1 JF to cats and very similar creatures (probably should not be givne to dogs; they get many of the same effects of a cat from Agility and Fleetness already), and an arbitrary ad hoc -1 or -2 JF to bovines, elephants and similar creatures, would be good, but is probably not critically necessary.		Giving an ad hoc +1 JF to cats and very similar creatures (probably should not be givne to dogs; they get many of the same effects of a cat from Agility and Fleetness already), and an arbitrary ad hoc -1 or -2 JF to bovines, elephants and similar creatures, would be good, but is probably not critically necessary.

-	Jump Factor requires the combat reference sheet (which also contains the Action Point cost sheet) for jump distance lookup. The distance given is for a horizontal jump, and must be divided by 3 to get the vertical jump height. Running jumps give an RD bonus to the Jumping Skill roll.	+	Jump Factor requires the combat reference sheet (which also contains the Action Point cost sheet) for jump distance lookup. The distance given is for a horizontal jump, and must be divided by 3 to get the vertical jump height. Running jumps give an RD bonus to the Jumping Skill roll, and so does not need to modify JF.
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	== Advice ==		== Advice ==
	If you want to jump around a lot, you need a high Jumping Skill, and also a favourrable Fleetness, which you get by having a favourable Leg Strength to Size ratio (or Leg Strength to Frame ratio - the Size rules will undergo some important changes soon, bu it's not yet clear how exactly they'll change) and by not encumbering yourself with armour, gear or heavy weapons. Fleetness affects jumping ''twice'', first by giving you a bonus to your Jump Factor, and secondly by giving an RD modifier to your Jumping Skill (which is an Agility-Heavy Skill, thus it uses the more extreme of the two RD modifiers).		If you want to jump around a lot, you need a high Jumping Skill, and also a favourrable Fleetness, which you get by having a favourable Leg Strength to Size ratio (or Leg Strength to Frame ratio - the Size rules will undergo some important changes soon, bu it's not yet clear how exactly they'll change) and by not encumbering yourself with armour, gear or heavy weapons. Fleetness affects jumping ''twice'', first by giving you a bonus to your Jump Factor, and secondly by giving an RD modifier to your Jumping Skill (which is an Agility-Heavy Skill, thus it uses the more extreme of the two RD modifiers).

Peter Knutsen: /* Analysis of expectable values */ some thinking out loud about expectable JF values

Peter Knutsen — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:33:58 GMT

Analysis of expectable values: some thinking out loud about expectable JF values

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	=== Analysis of expectable values ===		=== Analysis of expectable values ===
	There should really be two Jump Factor tables, one wide table taking into account the full span of Jump Factors in a campaign with JF-boosting magics, and another using only the more expectable section of the first table.		There should really be two Jump Factor tables, one wide table taking into account the full span of Jump Factors in a campaign with JF-boosting magics, and another using only the more expectable section of the first table.
-	[insert analysis here]	+	<br>[insert analysis here]
		+	<br>Temporary notes: Agi -3 gives JF 0, and Agi 11 gives JF 7, so a reasonable span would be from base JF 1 to JF 6. High but natural Fleetness can give +1 JF (+3 for supernaturally high Leg Strength, as in Spiderman), very heavy encumbrance could give -5 JF, and powerful magic can add +6 JF
		+	<br>Assuming Agility from 0 to 9 (JF 1 to 6) and no magic, and the absence of plate mail and other extremely heavy equipment, JF can be as high as 7 (+1 from high Fleetness), and as low as -3 (-3 encumbrance penalty from Fleetness).
		+	<br> Assuming Agility from -3 to 11 (JF 0 to 7) and powerful magic possible (+6 JF), the highest possible value is JF 14, and the lowst possile is JF -8 (-5 from extreme encumbrance), so -8 to 14.
		+	<br> There should probably be a choice of 3 JF range tables, one for JF -1 to 7, on for JF -3 to 9, and one for JF -8 to 14, the later usually only appearing in a dedicated JF table.
		+	<br> Or maybe a special table for characters that can be expected to be high JF, like the normal table goes from -1 to 7, but this one goes from 2 to 10 instead? That's a toal of 4 tables, but probably serves well in terms of conserving reference sheet space.
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	== Quick mini-glossary ==		== Quick mini-glossary ==
	'''Agility-Heavy'''. Denotes a Skill roll (or sometimes other roll) that is heavily affected by the character's Fleetness, thus using the more extreme of the two Fleetness-based RD modifiers. Examples incudes the Dodge, Jumping and Acrobatics Skills, as well as all unarmed combat Skills.		'''Agility-Heavy'''. Denotes a Skill roll (or sometimes other roll) that is heavily affected by the character's Fleetness, thus using the more extreme of the two Fleetness-based RD modifiers. Examples incudes the Dodge, Jumping and Acrobatics Skills, as well as all unarmed combat Skills.

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	== Quick mini-glossary ==		== Quick mini-glossary ==
	'''Agility-Heavy'''. Denotes a Skill roll (or sometimes other roll) that is heavily affected by the character's Fleetness, thus using the more extreme of the two Fleetness-based RD modifiers. Examples incudes the Dodge, Jumping and Acrobatics Skills, as well as all unarmed combat Skills.		'''Agility-Heavy'''. Denotes a Skill roll (or sometimes other roll) that is heavily affected by the character's Fleetness, thus using the more extreme of the two Fleetness-based RD modifiers. Examples incudes the Dodge, Jumping and Acrobatics Skills, as well as all unarmed combat Skills.
-	'''Agility-Light'''. Denotes a Skill roll (or sometimes oter roll) that is somewhat affected by the character's Fleetness, using the less extreme of the two Fleetness-based RD modifiers. For many Fleetness values, this modifier will be +0 RD. Examples include most melee combat skills.	+	<br>'''Agility-Light'''. Denotes a Skill roll (or sometimes oter roll) that is somewhat affected by the character's Fleetness, using the less extreme of the two Fleetness-based RD modifiers. For many Fleetness values, this modifier will be +0 RD. Examples include most melee combat skills.
-	'''Fleetness'''. A statistic that fluctuates depending on the character's state. Its base is the ratio between the character's Leg Strength and either Size or Frame (see further down), which is relatively fixed, but on top of this it is modified by the load carried, including separate modifiers for armour or heavy clothing, heavy weaponry carried (a sword or heavy staff gives -1 Fleetness), a shield, and other gear carried (called encumbrance). This modifier is always in the downwards direction.	+	<br>'''Fleetness'''. A statistic that fluctuates depending on the character's state. Its base is the ratio between the character's Leg Strength and either Size or Frame (see further down), which is relatively fixed, but on top of this it is modified by the load carried, including separate modifiers for armour or heavy clothing, heavy weaponry carried (a sword or heavy staff gives -1 Fleetness), a shield, and other gear carried (called encumbrance). This modifier is always in the downwards direction.
-	Magic tends not to improve Fleetness, but can instead improve it indirectly by increasing Strength or more specifically Leg Strength, or by directly affecting some of the statsthat are affected by Fleetness.	+	<br>Magic tends not to improve Fleetness, but can instead improve it indirectly by increasing Strength or more specifically Leg Strength, or by directly affecting some of the statsthat are affected by Fleetness.
-	Each Fleetness value modifies numerous other statistics, such as two RD modifiers (Agi-H an Agi-L, see above), Jump Factor, movement distance, in such a way that any time Fleetness goes up or down by 1, at least one of these statistics are modified, so that a character is always penalized, in some way, for encumbering himself more, and is always rewarded, in some way, for reducing his load carried.	+	<br>Each Fleetness value modifies numerous other statistics, such as two RD modifiers (Agi-H an Agi-L, see above), Jump Factor, movement distance, in such a way that any time Fleetness goes up or down by 1, at least one of these statistics are modified, so that a character is always penalized, in some way, for encumbering himself more, and is always rewarded, in some way, for reducing his load carried.
-	'''Frame'''. A new Secondary Attribute that will perhaps replace Size. It will function in somewhat the same way, and the specific differeces are currently unavailable due to a severe computer malfunction.	+	<br>'''Frame'''. A new Secondary Attribute that will perhaps replace Size. It will function in somewhat the same way, and the specific differeces are currently unavailable due to a severe computer malfunction.
-	'''Size'''. A secondary Attribute that will probably be replaced by Frame. Size defines the "skeletal size" of the character, and is thus independent of the amount of fatty tissue that the character has (as defined by Advantages and DisAdvanages such as Skinny, Overweight and Fat) and by the amount of muscle tissue (as defined by the Strength Secondary Attribute and its Sub-Attributes). Size serves to cap Strength, with base Strength as well as both Sub-Attributes(Arm Strength and Leg Strength) being unable to be higher than 2xSize, except in supernatural cases, e.g. the character Spiderman from the Marvel comics universe, or indeed many Undead such as Vampires.	+	<br>'''Size'''. A secondary Attribute that will probably be replaced by Frame. Size defines the "skeletal size" of the character, and is thus independent of the amount of fatty tissue that the character has (as defined by Advantages and DisAdvanages such as Skinny, Overweight and Fat) and by the amount of muscle tissue (as defined by the Strength Secondary Attribute and its Sub-Attributes). Size serves to cap Strength, with base Strength as well as both Sub-Attributes(Arm Strength and Leg Strength) being unable to be higher than 2xSize, except in supernatural cases, e.g. the character Spiderman from the Marvel comics universe, or indeed many Undead such as Vampires.
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	== See also ==		== See also ==
	[[Fleetness]]<br>		[[Fleetness]]<br>

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	'''Size'''. A secondary Attribute that will probably be replaced by Frame. Size defines the "skeletal size" of the character, and is thus independent of the amount of fatty tissue that the character has (as defined by Advantages and DisAdvanages such as Skinny, Overweight and Fat) and by the amount of muscle tissue (as defined by the Strength Secondary Attribute and its Sub-Attributes). Size serves to cap Strength, with base Strength as well as both Sub-Attributes(Arm Strength and Leg Strength) being unable to be higher than 2xSize, except in supernatural cases, e.g. the character Spiderman from the Marvel comics universe, or indeed many Undead such as Vampires.		'''Size'''. A secondary Attribute that will probably be replaced by Frame. Size defines the "skeletal size" of the character, and is thus independent of the amount of fatty tissue that the character has (as defined by Advantages and DisAdvanages such as Skinny, Overweight and Fat) and by the amount of muscle tissue (as defined by the Strength Secondary Attribute and its Sub-Attributes). Size serves to cap Strength, with base Strength as well as both Sub-Attributes(Arm Strength and Leg Strength) being unable to be higher than 2xSize, except in supernatural cases, e.g. the character Spiderman from the Marvel comics universe, or indeed many Undead such as Vampires.
	== See also ==		== See also ==
-	[[Fleetness]]	+	[[Fleetness]]<br>
-	[[Agility]]	+	[[Agility]]<br>
-	[[Jumping Skill]]	+	[[Jumping Skill]]<br>
	[[Jumping Table]]		[[Jumping Table]]

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Peter Knutsen — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:00:10 GMT

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-	~~Describe - briefly - what~~ the ~~article~~ is ~~about~~, ~~in 1 or 2 sentenes~~, ~~or 3 at the most~~.	+	Jump Factor is a derived statistic, used as the top row of a lookup table for jumping distances. It is derived from Agility but heavily normalized, and is affected by Fleetness, and by Spells.

-	The idea is to make it easy for the reader to decide whether this article is relevant to his current goals, so include hugely important advice here, in a second paragraph, if you think it is necessary.
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	== Subject ==		== Subject ==
-	~~=== Examples I ===~~	+	A character's Jump Factor equals (Agility+6)/3 round to nearest (for Humans and most Humanoid-shaped creatures, anyway), making it a heavily normalized derived statistic.
-	~~== Getting more~~ in ~~depth ==~~	+
-	~~=== Examples II ===~~	+	A character with Agility 9 would have a JF of 5, and a character with Agility -3 would have a JF of 1, while an average person has a JF of 3.
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		+	Currently there is no ruling on Jump Factor for non-humanoid-shaped characters, but it is possible that one is not badly needed. For instance, cats have an automatic high Fleetness and a higher average Agility than Humans, resulting in a high JF without the cat character creator needing to do anything, and likewise elephants have a very low average Agility and tend towards an abysmal Fleetness, so their JF will naturally be low.
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		+	Giving an ad hoc +1 JF to cats and very similar creatures (probably should not be givne to dogs; they get many of the same effects of a cat from Agility and Fleetness already), and an arbitrary ad hoc -1 or -2 JF to bovines, elephants and similar creatures, would be good, but is probably not critically necessary.
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		+	Jump Factor requires the combat reference sheet (which also contains the Action Point cost sheet) for jump distance lookup. The distance given is for a horizontal jump, and must be divided by 3 to get the vertical jump height. Running jumps give an RD bonus to the Jumping Skill roll.
	== Advice ==		== Advice ==
-	~~Include any~~ and ~~all pertinent advice here. The goal is~~ to ~~increase~~ the ~~chance of each player having fun~~, by giving ~~advice helping the player~~ to ~~decide whether~~ to ~~buy the ability or not~~ (~~if the article~~ is ~~about one or~~ more ~~abilities~~) or ~~use the option~~ (if ~~the article is about something that characters~~ can ~~choose to do~~), ~~and later on how to make use~~ of ~~the ability (e~~.~~g. to avoid any pitfalls~~ that ~~aren't extremely obvious)~~.	+	If you want to jump around a lot, you need a high Jumping Skill, and also a favourrable Fleetness, which you get by having a favourable Leg Strength to Size ratio (or Leg Strength to Frame ratio - the Size rules will undergo some important changes soon, bu it's not yet clear how exactly they'll change) and by not encumbering yourself with armour, gear or heavy weapons. Fleetness affects jumping ''twice'', first by giving you a bonus to your Jump Factor, and secondly by giving an RD modifier to your Jumping Skill (which is an Agility-Heavy Skill, thus it uses the more extreme of the two RD modifiers).
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		+	A good Agility helps, but it only helps a little directly. Agility 5 to 7 gives you a Jump Factor of 4, and Agility 8 or 9 (or up to 10 if your species can have it) gives you a JF of 5. If you can have Agility 11, you get a JF of 6. The main benefit of a high Agility is that it increases your Aptitud for the Jumping Skill.
	== Please note ==		== Please note ==
-	~~Clarify, elaborate, try to predict~~ and ~~answer questions~~ that ~~are somewhat likely~~ to be ~~asked during character creation or during play.~~	+	There are several Spells and Item Abilities that gives you a bonus to Jump Factor, but no item Enchantments can do this; at best items can be Enchated to cast the JF-improving Spells and Item Abilities on you.
-	~~== Mini~~-~~FAQ ==~~	+
-	~~Put in sub-sections (three ='s) each containing multiple Q&As,~~ and ~~insert a blank line between each individual Q&A~~.	+
-	~~=== sub-section ===~~	+
-	~~'''Q''':~~	+
-	~~<br>'''A''':~~	+

-	~~<br>~~''~~'Q''':~~	+	Spells and Item Abilities can sometimes substitute for equipment, for instance a light staff (or a Lightened heavy staff) can be an effective weapon if temporarily boosted with the Shillelagh I or II Item Ability. Same goes for a wooden sword. The abysmal Armour Penetration ability of wooden weapons can be slightly mitiated by a Damage Bonus Enchantment. Many such Spells and Item Abilities can also enhance heavier weapons, of course, although Shillelagh only works on balanced and wooden weapons.
-	~~<br>'''A''':~~	+
		+	Likewise, Spells and Item Abilities can give you a survival edge if you're not wearing armour, although many of these synergize with armour, so as with weapon loadout it's a choice between travelling light, so that you can get the benefits of good Fleetness (including a higher Jump Factor and better RD for Jumping), or using heavier gear that lets you deal more damage and protects you better.
		+	== Mini-FAQ ==
		+	Omitted for now.
	== The world ==		== The world ==
-	~~A section mainly for the GM~~, ~~or worldbuilder, about~~ the ~~world impact of the phenomenon, e~~.~~g. an Item Creation Power~~, ~~or an attribute or~~ other ~~stat that may sometimes be starkly high or low relative to~~ the ~~Human average~~.	+	Jump Factor is only one statistic among many that makes armour choice a difficult and non-obvious one, in the setting. Fleetness affects more important stats, such as Dodge and even most other combat skills, although most of the others are Agility-light.
	=== World impact ===		=== World impact ===
-	~~Talk about~~ the ~~effect on the world that this phenomenon would realistically have (taking into account such facts~~ of ~~human nature as greed~~, ~~ambition~~ and ~~sexual impulses)~~.	+	In large-scale stratetic engagements, heavy armour is still a good idea, but in lighter and more mobile combat, especially in tricksy and/or unexpected enviroments, the choice of travelling light is vindicated. Being able to jump up onto or over obstables can be occasionally helpful, and many characters are aware of this. Professional grave robbers even more so than most other adventurer types.
	==== The Ärth setting ====		==== The Ärth setting ====
-	~~Talk about how this trait appears and functions~~ in the ~~Ärth historical fantasy~~ setting.	+	The Ärth setting is unremarkable in this regard, at it has the same concerns as any other Sagatafl setting, the choice between travellng light or carrying heavy war gear, and with warriors who choose to travel light rarely doing it so because a high JF is their main priority.
	== Design Notes ==		== Design Notes ==
-	~~Talk briefly about what~~ the ~~purpose~~ of the ~~mechanic~~ is. ~~Omit this section if~~ it ~~is extremely~~ obvious to the ~~target audience~~.	+	It seems to me highly valuable to have an actual stat that magic and various other effects can interact with, so that a jumping-improving Spell can give a flat numerical bonus to this, Jump Factor, instead of a more cumbersome percentual bonus to jump distances.
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		+	It does require a lookup table, but hopefully that table will be useable for a few things beside Jumping, eventually. Also note that not having a table would be silly, because any formulaic conversion of Jump Skill Roll outcomes to jump distance will produce results that are wildly incongruous with how the real world works. The base outcome of a decent but not good Jump roll should be 3 hexes (6 meters), and with the coarse-grainedness of the hex map scale chosen, it will be difficult to get much more than 4 hexes for a character who doesn't have supernatural Attributes or is boosted by Spells or Item Abilities.
		+	=== Other uses for the Jump Factor table ===
		+	Not much of an idea, so far. Maybe something to do with Haggling? Instead of hexes jumped, it's percentage modification of final price? Doubled for very haggle-able goods, halved for not-very-haggleable goods, and quartered for absurd haggle situations (e.g. trying to haggle over the price of a single pitcher of beer). It's non-obvious to me that this is a very good use of the table, and Haggling also really requires an Opposed Roll, so probably if something like this is implemented, Haggling will use only a small mid-section of the Jumping Table.
		+	=== Analysis of expectable values ===
		+	There should really be two Jump Factor tables, one wide table taking into account the full span of Jump Factors in a campaign with JF-boosting magics, and another using only the more expectable section of the first table.
		+	[insert analysis here]
	== Quick mini-glossary ==		== Quick mini-glossary ==
-	~~Explain terms~~ of ~~great relevance to~~ the ~~subject matter~~ of the ~~article here~~, but not ~~terms~~ that are of ~~generally great importance~~ (e.g. ~~RD)~~.	+	'''Agility-Heavy'''. Denotes a Skill roll (or sometimes other roll) that is heavily affected by the character's Fleetness, thus using the more extreme of the two Fleetness-based RD modifiers. Examples incudes the Dodge, Jumping and Acrobatics Skills, as well as all unarmed combat Skills.
		+	'''Agility-Light'''. Denotes a Skill roll (or sometimes oter roll) that is somewhat affected by the character's Fleetness, using the less extreme of the two Fleetness-based RD modifiers. For many Fleetness values, this modifier will be +0 RD. Examples include most melee combat skills.
		+	'''Fleetness'''. A statistic that fluctuates depending on the character's state. Its base is the ratio between the character's Leg Strength and either Size or Frame (see further down), which is relatively fixed, but on top of this it is modified by the load carried, including separate modifiers for armour or heavy clothing, heavy weaponry carried (a sword or heavy staff gives -1 Fleetness), a shield, and other gear carried (called encumbrance). This modifier is always in the downwards direction.
		+	Magic tends not to improve Fleetness, but can instead improve it indirectly by increasing Strength or more specifically Leg Strength, or by directly affecting some of the statsthat are affected by Fleetness.
		+	Each Fleetness value modifies numerous other statistics, such as two RD modifiers (Agi-H an Agi-L, see above), Jump Factor, movement distance, in such a way that any time Fleetness goes up or down by 1, at least one of these statistics are modified, so that a character is always penalized, in some way, for encumbering himself more, and is always rewarded, in some way, for reducing his load carried.
		+	'''Frame'''. A new Secondary Attribute that will perhaps replace Size. It will function in somewhat the same way, and the specific differeces are currently unavailable due to a severe computer malfunction.
		+	'''Size'''. A secondary Attribute that will probably be replaced by Frame. Size defines the "skeletal size" of the character, and is thus independent of the amount of fatty tissue that the character has (as defined by Advantages and DisAdvanages such as Skinny, Overweight and Fat) and by the amount of muscle tissue (as defined by the Strength Secondary Attribute and its Sub-Attributes). Size serves to cap Strength, with base Strength as well as both Sub-Attributes(Arm Strength and Leg Strength) being unable to be higher than 2xSize, except in supernatural cases, e.g. the character Spiderman from the Marvel comics universe, or indeed many Undead such as Vampires.
	== See also ==		== See also ==
-	~~Include links here, to other articles that are highly pertinent to the subhject matter of this one. Remember <br> linebreaks before or after (but not both!).~~	+	[[Fleetness]]
-	[[~~link~~]]~~<br>~~	+	[[Agility]]
-	[[~~link~~]]	+	[[Jumping Skill]]
		+	[[Jumping Table]]

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== Subject ==
=== Examples I ===
== Getting more in depth ==
=== Examples II ===
== Advice ==
Include any and all pertinent advice here. The goal is to increase the chance of each player having fun, by giving advice helping the player to decide whether to buy the ability or not (if the article is about one or more abilities) or use the option (if the article is about something that characters can choose to do), and later on how to make use of the ability (e.g. to avoid any pitfalls that aren't extremely obvious).
== Please note ==
Clarify, elaborate, try to predict and answer questions that are somewhat likely to be asked during character creation or during play.
== Mini-FAQ ==
Put in sub-sections (three ='s) each containing multiple Q&As, and insert a blank line between each individual Q&A.
=== sub-section ===
'''Q''':
<br>'''A''':

<br>'''Q''':
<br>'''A''':
== The world ==
A section mainly for the GM, or worldbuilder, about the world impact of the phenomenon, e.g. an Item Creation Power, or an attribute or other stat that may sometimes be starkly high or low relative to the Human average.
=== World impact ===
Talk about the effect on the world that this phenomenon would realistically have (taking into account such facts of human nature as greed, ambition and sexual impulses).
==== The Ärth setting ====
Talk about how this trait appears and functions in the Ärth historical fantasy setting.
== Design Notes ==
Talk briefly about what the purpose of the mechanic is. Omit this section if it is extremely obvious to the target audience.
== Quick mini-glossary ==
Explain terms of great relevance to the subject matter of the article here, but not terms that are of generally great importance (e.g. RD).
== See also ==
Include links here, to other articles that are highly pertinent to the subhject matter of this one. Remember <br> linebreaks before or after (but not both!).
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