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<blockquote data-quote="Christian" data-source="post: 146262" data-attributes="member: 381">There's just not much middle ground in this situation, as described. There's really not going to be an significant impact damage at that speed, and if they see it coming, they can either move out of the way (if they see it from far enough away) or at least jump towards the side and let it knock them off the side of the road. If they're just standing in the middle of the road and it whacks them from behind, well, that's all she wrote, I'm afraid ...Unless they're absolutely silent, the character should always have some time to react. That's why I specified a Reflex save, and it should probably have a pretty low DC. But this is also a good argument for not requiring to make the players say when they're wanting to make a Spot check-whether you're intentionally looking or not, you're probably going to notice an enormous rock moving slowly towards you, even from a fair distance and with your peripheral vision. Not necessarily-but you should get a roll even if you're not paying attention and looking around ...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Christian, post: 146262, member: 381"] There's just not much middle ground in this situation, as described. There's really not going to be an significant impact damage at that speed, and if they see it coming, they can either move out of the way (if they see it from far enough away) or at least jump towards the side and let it knock them off the side of the road. If they're just standing in the middle of the road and it whacks them from behind, well, that's all she wrote, I'm afraid ... Unless they're absolutely silent, the character should always have some time to react. That's why I specified a Reflex save, and it should probably have a pretty low DC. But this is also a good argument for not requiring to make the players say when they're wanting to make a Spot check-whether you're intentionally looking or not, you're probably going to notice an enormous rock moving slowly towards you, even from a fair distance and with your peripheral vision. Not necessarily-but you should get a [i]roll[/i] even if you're not paying attention and looking around ... [/QUOTE]

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