that just hit me some seconds ago and it was hilarious. please, share your You get to...wtf moments with me.
people have jumped from higher heights then that. they have a whole sport around it, they call it Parkour
Actually you just need timing and reflexes. When you jump from a height like that you are supposed to roll forward when you hit the thing you are jumping onto. It spreads the impact around to not break your legs or damage other parts.
So. Its a minor detail they skipped over. The rolling animations are for sneak anyways so they'd have to make a whole new animation for that part, all when its crunch time and the release date is right around the corner. Beth had time constraints so details like that shouldn't be a huge problem.