Guild Wars 2

How does the “Take half fall damage” work exactly? Does it let me jump from higher heights? Or is there a fixed distance where the player absolutely dies regardless of the trait?

you can fall from greater distances, but there is a fixed point where you die(don’t worry, this happens beyond the point of 100% death if you were to hit the ground). good place to see this is in rata sum.

confirmed, just tested some jumps and the trait does infact allow me to jump from heights that would otherwise kill me

Yeah, I didn’t used to use this one much, because it’s no real help in combat, but once I hit 80 and spent a lot of time just blind running from point to point and doing jumping puzzles, I started using this one (the Thief version that gives you stealth) most of the time, swapping it back in for Might only in areas where I intended to stop and fight against serious enemies. It really makes running around a lot easier when you can fall much further without dying, and also fall further without faceplanting.