the point of Battle Jump... is to use the extra Force from your body weight being hurled Down(without resistance to Air from Wings) to do additional damage
if you specificly Jumped Down without using your Wings to slow your decent, then your Character should be able to use it as written
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My argument is that I effectively dive-bomb the sucker and engage my wings at such a moment before falling to avoid taking falling damage.
Bolded mine.
That would be a deal-breaker for me, as a DM. Either you're falling and using that extra force to deliver a double-powered charge (or trip or grapple, as the case may be) or you brake at the last second and deliver no extra force.
Just take the falling damage. What's a few d6's compared to a x2 charge? Get a valorous weapon and the paladin spell Rhino's Rush and the maneuver Pouncing Charge. x3 damage charge with pounce, easy as pie.
Also, do you see any problems with using feather fall to negate falling damage while triggering Battle Jump since Battle Jump says nothing against feather fall?
I currently lack that ability. (3 more HD, go!)
Also, do you see any problems with using feather fall to negate falling damage while triggering Battle Jump since Battle Jump says nothing against feather fall?
With feather fall you dont have the extra speed that makes the feat works... if you're not accelerating, why would you hit harder?
Force = mass x acceleration
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The rules don't say it doesn't work, so by RAW it does. Most GMs will say no though.
This is not RAW, though. It's a very sensible RAI, but stop getting ur physics in mah D&D!
The rules don't say it doesn't work, so by RAW it does. Most GMs will say no though.
I agree with this. Per the RAW, he should get the damage, but most DMs might not like it. Since Raptorans get this as a racial ability later, I personally wouldn't have a problem with someone taking a feat to get it a bit earlier, though.
Provided your GM lets you use non-updated 3.0 material from a notoriusly unbalanced and poorly worded line of books.
Unapproachable East was written during the shift to 3.5. Aside from a couple regions being changed slightly, the entire book is 3.5 material, as denoted in a sidebar. In any case, 3.5 includes any existing 3.0 material not re-printed elsewhere.
Second, Forgotten Realms isn't "notoriously broken" any more than non-setting material or Eberron (*cough*Artificer/Planar Shepard*cough*) is "notoriously broken". FFS, Candle of Invocation is Core. Planar Binding a Noble Djinni is, too (and even RAI by the text for Noble Djinn!). As for being poorly worded, we're talking about D&D here. A lot of stuff is poorly worded/edited.
Edit: The plural of Djinni is Djinn. My bad.
Unapproachable East was written during the shift to 3.5. Aside from a couple regions being changed slightly, the entire book is 3.5 material, as denoted in a sidebar. In any case, 3.5 includes any existing 3.0 material not re-printed elsewhere.
Second, Forgotten Realms isn't "notoriously broken" any more than non-setting material or Eberron (*cough*Artificer/Planar Shepard*cough*) is "notoriously broken". FFS, Candle of Invocation is Core. Planar Binding a Noble Djinni is, too (and even RAI by the text for Noble Djinnies!). As for being poorly worded, we're talking about D&D here. A lot of stuff is poorly worded/edited.
+1
Seemingly, Battle Jump works because of falling onto a foe (positioning and slight momentum), not hovering near them, which is why I believe I can Battle Jump while affected by feather fall.
As always, when the rules don't specifically interact, it's up to your DM. As I've already stated, it wouldn't work for me, nor for many others I know. But hey, your DM might be cool with it.