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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7836639" data-attributes="member: 6801845">I will admit just about zero knowledge of real world catapults and what weights they throw.&nbsp; On the other hand, who says the PC isn't a halfling?&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp;&nbsp; Besides, the point is not to hit the dragon with the PC, it's to get them in the general vicinity of the dragon so the PC can use some other means to attach themselves like a grappling hook.&nbsp; Preferably shot from a hand crossbow with a big bat emblem on it.I just don't see any way of a ballista being accurate with a rope and PC attached. Or having it's range severely limited. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the scenario.&nbsp; But if you hit a dragon with a ballista bolt, there's little reason to think the bolt will &quot;stick&quot;, especially with the weight of the rope, much less with a PC attached.Unless of course it's a special ballista with bat-symbols on it that fires special grappling hook bolts.&nbsp; Bonus style points if the dragon is flying through a city and can try to knock the PC off by having them hit buildings as it flies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 7836639, member: 6801845"] I will admit just about zero knowledge of real world catapults and what weights they throw. On the other hand, who says the PC isn't a halfling? ;) Besides, the point is not to hit the dragon with the PC, it's to get them in the general vicinity of the dragon so the PC can use some other means to attach themselves like a grappling hook. Preferably shot from a hand crossbow with a big bat emblem on it. I just don't see any way of a ballista being accurate with a rope and PC attached. Or having it's range severely limited. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the scenario. But if you hit a dragon with a ballista bolt, there's little reason to think the bolt will "stick", especially with the weight of the rope, much less with a PC attached. Unless of course it's a special ballista with bat-symbols on it that fires special grappling hook bolts. Bonus style points if the dragon is flying through a city and can try to knock the PC off by having them hit buildings as it flies. [/QUOTE]

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