| Kvetchus |
Are there rules in the CRB around maximum throwing capacity for improvised weapons? As in, if I have a Strength of X, I can throw Y bulk a max of Z feet. I haven't found any rules that addresses that sort of thing.
As an example, if a PC with a STR of 18 (or more) wants to pick up the corpse of a dead goblin and throw it at an enemy - assume a bulk of 8 and assume that's within it's max limit (encumbrance is irrelevant since he's not "carrying" the load, mearly picking it up).
I'm not worried about the damage for this question, just whether the PC could throw the dead goblin, and if so, how far can it be thrown. I'm sure I can homebrew a rule, but I'm trying to determine if there's already a rule somewhere that I've overlooked...
(to add some credibility to this scenario, let's also say the goblin is packed with explosives with someone readying their action to detonate the explosive as soon as the goblin lands... or something)
| ParaheliZ |
So, I haven't found any official rules on this, or just throwing items in general. However, I would note that thrown weapons and grenades are generally restricted between 10 feet and 20 feet, and 20 feet seems to be more aerodynamic items, such as a javelins, while the less-aerodynamic Net can only be thrown 10 feet. This, combined with the fact that thrown weapons have a maximum range increment of 5x their base range, would lead me to rule that, at most, throwing an aerodynamic object would have a maximum range of 100 feet, while a non-aerodynamic object like a body would have a maximum range of 50 feet. Both of those would have a -12 penalty on the attack roll (-4 from being improvised weapons, -8 from the range). And, a DM might add in some sort of prerequisite Strength Roll ahead of the entire thing.