In Oblivion, the gravity wasn't sensitive at all. The height tolerance of you jumping off something didn't do much. And a live NPC that would drop from a high place wouldn't die! They would just slide down or fall slowly like a feather, standing up straight in mid-air. I hope this doesn't happen in Skyrim! Seeing how dragons can pick them up and drop'em and all!

what i hated in oblivion was when dead things would fall so slowly, oh so slowly. The elder scrolls world must be somewhere between the size of the moon and earth