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[Parisbre56]

Yeah, force is mass times acceleration. If the force remains the same and mass decreases, then acceleration increases. And that works both ways. So she should be faster and about as strong, yet more susceptible to her environment.

[Lenglon]

In a particular dense atmosphere, would she float?

If yes, can I tie her to a string and pretend she's a balloon animal?

@would she float: yes

@balloon animal: ask her that when/if the time comes

[Kriellya]

That would be quite the atmosphere, but yeah, she might float. Which sounds hilarious xD

Kind of like those fish in that one Dr. Who episode...

[piecewise]

Flint did nothing wrong.

[Hapah]

Needs more flashing lights.

[Devastator]

Yeah, force is mass times acceleration. If the force remains the same and mass decreases, then acceleration increases. And that works both ways. So she should be faster and about as strong, yet more susceptible to her environment.

It's not that big of a deal, I mostly just don't want to see everyone doing it.  And it wouldn't hurt her acceleration, just her top speed.  Less mass, same air resistance = lower top speed.  Best way to see it is to play volleyball with an air-filled rubber balloon, you can make it move quite fast, but it slows down very, very quickly in air due to minimal momentum and high air resistance.

I do hope I'm not the only one who played balloon volleyball as a kid.  It was awesome.

[piecewise]

Needs more flashing lights.

[Lenglon]

Yeah, force is mass times acceleration. If the force remains the same and mass decreases, then acceleration increases. And that works both ways. So she should be faster and about as strong, yet more susceptible to her environment.

It's not that big of a deal, I mostly just don't want to see everyone doing it.  And it wouldn't hurt her acceleration, just her top speed.  Less mass, same air resistance = lower top speed.  Best way to see it is to play volleyball with an air-filled rubber balloon, you can make it move quite fast, but it slows down very, very quickly in air due to minimal momentum and high air resistance.

I do hope I'm not the only one who played balloon volleyball as a kid.  It was awesome.

END being second only to MIND in terms of penultimate stats, I don't think there's much risk of that happening. DEX is only usefull when you can both know to dodge and have somewhere to dodge too.

as for top speed being lower: no.

see, volleyballs don't have legs. they're projectiles.
I'm not a projectile. My legs are what accelerate me, and it takes less effort to move me, and less effort to move the legs themselves. I can move each individual leg much faster, making me run faster.
however, my terminal velocity while falling is certainly much slower, I'll grant you that.

[Xantalos]

Needs more flashing lights.

Need more cowbell

[Parisbre56]

I'm scared. Why big red letters? On fire?
Please don't send your squad of ninja-assassins against me? I'm sorry for anything I may have done.

[Comrade P.]

Needs more flashing lights.

Need more cowbell

Nah, it's just fine now.

[Hapah]

Needs more flashing lights.

Nice.

[Radio Controlled]

see, volleyballs don't have legs. they're projectiles.
I'm not a projectile. My legs are what accelerate me, and it takes less effort to move me, and less effort to move the legs themselves. I can move each individual leg much faster, making me run faster.
however, my terminal velocity while falling is certainly much slower, I'll grant you that.

Sure, but how would becoming lighter affect your muscles? Can you say with certainty that you can push of equally powerful now? I mean, you are lighter, but same volume, thus less dense. Did your muscle and bone density decrease? I know, spess magic, but still.

Hell, even if you now can push off faster, shouldn't you also come back down slower? Thus making you less 'responsive' outside of initial movement?

[Parisbre56]

Hell, even if you now can push off faster, shouldn't you also come back down slower?

Gravity is constant acceleration. All things fall at the same rate regardless of weight in vacuum. So as long as she doesn't jump absurdly high she should be fine. Although I guess having so much more strength would take some getting used to...

[Radio Controlled]

Hell, even if you now can push off faster, shouldn't you also come back down slower?

Gravity is constant acceleration. All things fall at the same rate regardless of weight in vacuum. So as long as she doesn't jump absurdly high she should be fine. Although I guess having so much more strength would take some getting used to...

Yes, I know some basic physics 

Still, in vacuum. I wasn't talking about a vacuum. If she (as hyperbole) went from being like a balloon-sized brick to an air filled balloon of same size, I do think it'd matter notably on a planet with normal atmosphere.