How to throw weapons beyond five range increments?

[Alzrius]

An alchemist in my game wants to be able to throw his bombs beyond the five-range increment limit for thrown weapons (e.g. he wants the ten-range increment limit that projectile weapons get). Is there any way that he can get this? I'm not seeing anything in the Core Rules, nor the APG, UM, and UC that allow this.

[doctor_wu]

Alzrius wrote:

An alchemist in my game wants to be able to throw his bombs beyond the five-range increment limit for thrown weapons (e.g. he wants the ten-range increment limit that projectile weapons get). Is there any way that he can get this? I'm not seeing anything in the Core Rules, nor the APG, UM, and UC that allow this.

There are extracts that make his range increment longer like bombmer's eye or longshot but I do not know anything that get it beyond 5 range incriments.

[CasMat]

Is the explosive missile discovery from UC not enough?

[Edgar Lamoureux]

CasMat wrote:

Is the explosive missile discovery from UC not enough?

That's not what he wants, though. He wants touch attacks, in a full-attack, at 10-range incremnet range. Why you'd want to take a -20 to hit, even for touch attacks, is beyond me, but there is no way, currently, to do this.

[Sleet Storm]

Distance thrower from UC and farshot lower the penalties on with both he could throw five increments at only -3 penalty.If you think its ok for your player to have him able to throw like projectiles than just houserule it.

[frank whited]

Perhaps allow an increase to the range increment limit based on an exonentially larger STR mod.

Say +1 increment increase for a +1 STR mod, +2 increment increase for a +3 STR mod, +3 for a +6 STR mod, etc. and so on until at 40 STR (+15 mod) he would get the additional 5 increments.

just my 2cp

FW

[Happler]

Throwing bombs 100 feet is not enough? (alchemist bombs have a range increment of 20')

hmm...

You could always go with the Flask Thrower from the Gnomes book. Since it is a sling modified to hold flasks, it uses the projectile weapon max range increments (x10 instead of x5). It is an exotic weapon though.

[frank whited]

Happler wrote:

Throwing bombs 100 feet is not enough? (alchemist bombs have a range increment of 20')

hmm...

You could always go with the Flask Thrower from the Gnomes book. Since it is a sling modified to hold flasks, it uses the projectile weapon max range increments (x10 instead of x5). It is an exotic weapon though.

legions of The Gnomish Flask Throwers from HECK!

There is a mental pictures to warm the cochles of an old, evil DM's heart

ahhh!

[VRMH]

Use a Launching Crossbow. You'll need to make the bombs last a bit longer though, it's slow to load.