#hive worlds hate osha

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I mean this was a real threat.

In the Deathwatch RPG by Fantasy Flight, uncontrolled falls dealt Impact damage equal to a rolled d10 plus one for each metre you fell. Fall 5 metres? Take 1d10+5 damage. Fall 50 instead, 1d10+50!

Pretty simple an elegant way to do it, with a small variable for a bad fall and some guaranteed hurt.

However...

It's ANY UNCONTROLLED FALL. Take a straight drop off a xenos base? Fall damage. Alternatively, fall down a flight of human-sized stairs in a hive city? Fall damage.

This damage also bypasses armour, so on dice average you only need the highly-skilled and venerable Deathwatch Marine to fall down a flight of stairs that was 22 metres long to kill him.

Consequences of ignoring the sacred litanies of Osha