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Suppose, in a last ditch effort, I throw myself from a 200ft cliff down onto an enemy that was threatening to destroy the McGuffin that would save the world. Assume that I made whatever roll was required to hit the target
How much damage would I deal?
1. 20d6, the same amount of damage I would take?
2. Do I count as a falling object, and deal 3d6 (doubled to 6d6 for falling more than 150 feet)? If so, wouldn't I then only take up to 6d6 damage
Note that a falling object takes the same amount of damage as it deals.
3. Is this an invalid act of honor, the attack automatically fails, and I plummet to my death as the planet becomes doomed to darkness?
Finally: What would happen if I were wearing Boots of the Cat, which makes it as if the GM automatically rolled 1's on the damage for the damage that I take?
An initial reaction to such a question would suggest that you should do more damage than you are dealt. However, your travel is not stopped by hitting the opponent and you only come to rest when you finally hit the ground. So it is probably worth considering the two items semi-separately.
Assuming you hit and your opponent fails there reflex save then you cause 6d6 points of damage from falling. You could also cause damage by wielding a weapon, with the benefits of attacking from higher ground and I would [as a houserule] also allow a piercing weapon to deal double damage as if it had the brace condition.
For calculating damage to you, I would treat your impact with your opponent as landing on a yielding surface. I would also deduct the 6d6 of impact damage with your opponent from your falling damage, so it wasn't double counted.
So you take 20d6 damage less the below:
You succeed on a DC15 Acrobatics check and ignore the first 10 feet;
You deliberately jumped and so the next 10 feet are non lethal;
You landed on a yielding surface and so the next 10 feet are also non-lethal;
You take the same 6d6 falling object damage as you deliver .
Overall 2d6 non-lethal plus 11d6 lethal falling damage plus 6d6 falling object damage.
Had your opponent made their reflex save, then you both would have taken 3d6 falling object damage and your lethal falling damage would have increased to 14d6.
With the boots of the cat description you would take 2 non lethal points of damage and 11(or 14) point of lethal damage plus 6d6 (or 3d6) points of falling object damage.
When you hit the target you would take 6d6 damage. When the target is hit by you, it would take 6d6 damage as well.
Then you'd take 20d6 damage from hitting the ground. The first 1d6 damage would be converted into nonlethal damage since you deliberately jumped. The first 2d6 damage might be converted instead, should the target also be considered "a yielding surface."
Additionally, you might be able to negate one die of the falling damage with a successful Acrobatics check, if the GM allows (I certainly wouldn't).
;D
3, you aren't an attack.
At best I believe you could try and count yourself as an improvised "thrown" weapon.
You are trying to drop an object (yourself) on an opponent. This requires a ranged touch attack (at -18 for the range penalty.) If you hit, you will both take 6d6 damage (boots of the cat would not apply to this damage.)
Whether you hit or miss, you will take falling damage as normal.
Is this an invalid act of honor, the attack automatically fails, and I plummet to my death as the planet becomes doomed to darkness?
Asking a question like that... are you a Paladin, by any chance? I hear they fall a lot.