Originally posted by ChathKAb:

that's really annoying for low skill characters

Well, there's two ways to go about this:

1) Just don't jump and stick to running.

2) Constantly jump while running to powerlevel both your Run and Jump skills. It's what I do for most of my characters (my current one actually has a Jump skill higher than his Run skill). A high Jump skill comes in handy quite often (easier to climb mountains, jump over water pits in the swamps, and especially getting up those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ staircases in Frost Caves).