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Okay, this should be easy, but it got real weird, as far as rules debates go:
PC stands by ledge, with a drop 10ft down to the ground.
PC wants to jump down.
What's the Acrobatics DC?
What happen if he succeeds/fail?
What if he gets a running start, towards the ledge, to jump down?
When does he take damage?
When does he fall prone?
If a character deliberately jumps instead of merely slipping or falling, the damage is the same but the first 1d6 is nonlethal damage. A DC 15 Acrobatics check allows the character to avoid any damage from the first 10 feet fallen and converts any damage from the second 10 feet to nonlethal damage. Thus, a character who slips from a ledge 30 feet up takes 3d6 damage. If the same character deliberately jumps, he takes 1d6 points of nonlethal damage and 2d6 points of lethal damage. And if the character leaps down with a successful Acrobatics check, he takes only 1d6 points of nonlethal damage and 1d6 points of lethal damage from the plunge.
Creatures that take lethal damage from a fall land in a prone position.
From the PRD.
Okay, this should be easy, but it got real weird, as far as rules debates go:
PC stands by ledge, with a drop 10ft down to the ground.
PC wants to jump down.
What's the Acrobatics DC?
No check required, to just hop down.
Assuming you want to take no damage, DC 15.
What happen if he succeeds/fail?
He takes no damage and does not fall prone.
Or, he takes 1d6 damage and falls Prone (if he fails, or does not make a check at all).
What if he gets a running start, towards the ledge, to jump down?
Then the DC becomes 30.
Or, it has no effect, if he makes no check.
When does he take damage?
When he hits the ground. Or, never if he makes it.
When does he fall prone?
When/if he takes damage.
Was it necessary to break this up into multiple quotes?
Not in the slightest.
When you deliberately fall any distance, even as a result of a missed jump, a DC 15 Acrobatics skill check allows you to ignore the first 10 feet fallen, although you still end up prone if you take damage from a fall. See the falling rules for further details.
If a character deliberately jumps instead of merely slipping or falling, the damage is the same but the first 1d6 is nonlethal damage. A DC 15 Acrobatics check allows the character to avoid any damage from the first 10 feet fallen and converts any damage from the second 10 feet to nonlethal damage. Thus, a character who slips from a ledge 30 feet up takes 3d6 damage. If the same character deliberately jumps, he takes 1d6 points of nonlethal damage and 2d6 points of lethal damage. And if the character leaps down with a successful Acrobatics check, he takes only 1d6 points of nonlethal damage and 1d6 points of lethal damage from the plunge.
Falls onto yielding surfaces (soft ground, mud) also convert the first 1d6 of damage to nonlethal damage. This reduction is cumulative with reduced damage due to deliberate jumps and the Acrobatics skill.
DC 15 to ignore the first 10 feet. Or deliberate jump converts first 10' to non-lethal. Success = no damage. Fail = 1d6 non-lethal damage.
Running start doesn't matter.
At the end of the fall is when he would take the damage. He would not fall prone in either case because no lethal damage was taken.