Jumping

Jumping is a property that allows a player to traverse multiple tiles in one movement. You may do this using the extended command #jump or the command j. (The command j is only available if numpad is set.) The ability to jump comes from three sources: being a Knight, wearing jumping boots, and casting the spell jumping. Knight jumping and jumping from the boots are practically identical; the only difference is to which squares you can jump. All sources of jumping require that you see destination tile, and all sources of jumping consume d25 nutrition (in addition to any spellcasting hunger penalty) and render the player immobile for one full turn (not simply one move) after landing. The jumping spell allows you to jump farther than you could if you were a Knight or wearing jumping boots; just how far depends on your skill in escape spells.

In the following diagrams, tiles to which you can jump are marked by an 'x'.

 Knight's Jump   Jumping Boots
   .........       .........
   .........       ....x....
   ...x.x...       ..xxxxx..
   ..x...x..       ..xxxxx..
   ....@....       .xxx@xxx.
   ..x...x..       ..xxxxx..
   ...x.x...       ..xxxxx..
   .........       ....x....
   .........       .........
 
                      JUMPING SPELL
  Unskilled        Basic         Skilled         Expert
 ...........    ...........    ...........    ...........
 ...........    ...........    ...........    ....xxx....
 .....x.....    ....xxx....    ...xxxxx...    ..xxxxxxx..
 ...xxxxx...    ...xxxxx...    ..xxxxxxx..    ..xxxxxxx..
 ...xxxxx...    ..xxxxxxx..    ..xxxxxxx..    .xxxxxxxxx.
 ..xxx@xxx..    ..xxx@xxx..    ..xxx@xxx..    .xxxx@xxxx.
 ...xxxxx...    ..xxxxxxx..    ..xxxxxxx..    .xxxxxxxxx.
 ...xxxxx...    ...xxxxx...    ..xxxxxxx..    ..xxxxxxx..
 .....x.....    ....xxx....    ...xxxxx...    ..xxxxxxx..
 ...........    ...........    ...........    ....xxx....
 ...........    ...........    ...........    ...........

You cannot jump if:

• You are not a Knight, not wearing jumping boots, and not casting the jumping spell.
• You are engulfed by a monster.
• You are in water.
• You are stuck to a nontame, nonconfused monster, unless conflict is in effect.
• You are levitating, are on the Plane of Air, or are on the Plane of Water.
• Either of your legs is wounded.
• Your steed has wounded legs.
• Your steed is stuck in a trap.

In addition, if you are not casting the jumping spell, you cannot jump if:

• You do not have legs.
• You are burdened to any degree.
• You are hungrier than the halfway point between not hungry and weak.
• You have less than six strength.