Greater Grapple + Throw Anything question

[DSRMT]

Hi all, just wondering, if I have the greater grapple feat and the throw anything feat, am I allowed to throw a grappled enemy?

[Matrixryu]

DSRMT wrote:

Hi all, just wondering, if I have the greater grapple feat and the throw anything feat, am I allowed to throw a grappled enemy?

That sounds so much fun, lol. I believe that it is possible...but the issue would be that you would probably only be able to throw enemies who were two sizes smaller than you unless your character was super strong. It'll take some searching to find the rules for it.

[Jesse Brake]

As a DM, I would just calculate the grappled target's total weight using the PCRB (if possible) or the Bestiary (if listed).

Let's say the grappled target is a halfling male and you have a strength of 14.

Table 7–3: Random Height and Weight
Base Base Weight
Race Height Weight Modifier Multiplier
Human, male 4 ft. 10 in. 120 lbs. 2d10 × 5 lbs.
Human, female 4 ft. 5 in. 85 lbs. 2d10 × 5 lbs.
Dwarf, male 3 ft. 9 in. 150 lbs. 2d4 × 7 lbs.
Dwarf, female 3 ft. 7 in. 120 lbs. 2d4 × 7 lbs.
Elf, male 5 ft. 4 in. 100 lbs. 2d8 × 3 lbs.
Elf, female 5 ft. 4 in. 90 lbs. 2d6 × 3 lbs.
Gnome, male 3 ft. 0 in. 35 lbs. 2d4 × 1 lb.
Gnome, female 2 ft. 10 in. 30 lbs. 2d4 × 1 lb.
Half-elf, male 5 ft. 2 in. 110 lbs. 2d8 × 5 lbs.
Half-elf, female 5 ft. 0 in. 90 lbs. 2d8 × 5 lbs.
Half-orc, male 4 ft. 10 in. 150 lbs. 2d12 × 7 lbs.
Half-orc, female 4 ft. 5 in. 110 lbs. 2d12 × 7 lbs.
Halfling, male 2 ft. 8 in. 30 lbs. 2d4 × 1 lb.
Halfling, female 2 ft. 6 in. 25 lbs. 2d4 × 1 lb.

At max, the average halfling weighs 38 pounds. Now let's see what your lifting capabilities are based on the table 7-4 in the PCRB.

Table 7–4: Carrying Capacity
Strength Light Medium Heavy
Score Load Load Load
1 3 lbs. or less 4–6 lbs. 7–10 lbs.
2 6 lbs. or less 7–13 lbs. 14–20 lbs.
3 10 lbs. or less 11–20 lbs. 21–30 lbs.
4 13 lbs. or less 14–26 lbs. 27–40 lbs.
5 16 lbs. or less 17–33 lbs. 34–50 lbs.
6 20 lbs. or less 21–40 lbs. 41–60 lbs.
7 23 lbs. or less 24–46 lbs. 47–70 lbs.
8 26 lbs. or less 27–53 lbs. 54–80 lbs.
9 30 lbs. or less 31–60 lbs. 61–90 lbs.
10 33 lbs. or less 34–66 lbs. 67–100 lbs.
11 38 lbs. or less 39–76 lbs. 77–115 lbs.
12 43 lbs. or less 44–86 lbs. 87–130 lbs.
13 50 lbs. or less 51–100 lbs. 101–150 lbs.
14 58 lbs. or less 59–116 lbs. 117–175 lbs.
15 66 lbs. or less 67–133 lbs. 134–200 lbs.
16 76 lbs. or less 77–153 lbs. 154–230 lbs.
17 86 lbs. or less 87–173 lbs. 174–260 lbs.
18 100 lbs. or less 101–200 lbs. 201–300 lbs.

As it states on pg. 169 of the PCRB under "Lifting and Dragging", a character can lift as much as his maximum load over his head.

So your PC can lift up to 175lbs over his head. Now that we know you can clearly pick up the halfling (with ease), the question is now, what about throwing it?

pg. 141 states a thrown "weapon" that was not intended to be thrown has a ranged increment of 10ft. If you just want to throw the halfling somewhere, aiming at a particular 5-foot square is treated as AC 5. If you want to hit another monster/NPC, it's just like any other improvised thrown weapon attack.

Of course this isn't a set formula, but might be a good idea of where to start with.

[Gugliacci]

Check out this thread. It handles similar mechanics questions, albeit under the presumption that the character thrown is willing to be chucked.

[Majuba]

Light load would be a good limit for throwing something further than 5'. An average 10 Str person might be able to lift 100 lbs over their head, but throw it 10-50'?

[Golbez57]

I'm hoping to play an Alchemist in our new PFRPG campaign. The Throw Anything feature of the class got me thinking of goliaths for 3.5 "Races of Stone" which I've always wanted to try (as a big bruiser barbarian, but still... I don't get to be a player often). Cool, throwing big heavy stuff along with bombs!

Then I went digging for a class I remembered from "Complete Warrior"--Master Thrower. Much more finesse than I imagined. But, I did happen upon the Hulking Hurler. It references rules at the back of that book for throwing improvised stuff (p. 159). If you have

The character went from kind of a novelty act (literally, since I conceived him as a stage magician and greatsword-thrower rather than the traditional knife-thrower for 'Council of Thieves', heh) to a pretty scary dude.

I might actually, finally see Fling Ally and/or Fling Enemy from "Races of Stone" in action! That sounds like it might be what you're looking for.