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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff Carlsen" data-source="post: 7590329" data-attributes="member: 61749"><p>As I said, it's all situational. Strength of the thrower, size of the person being thrown, and the distance could all play into it. But we have a good baseline. The world record is 17ft with a 130 lb. person. </p><p></p><p>The situation I imagine for this is attempting to throw someone over a pit. So you have to clear the pit to be successful. </p><p></p><p>So, 15 feet is clearly very difficult to pull off in ideal circumstances with practice. So, I'm comfortable calling that a DC 30 (Nearly Impossible). At 20 feet, it <em>is</em> impossible.</p><p></p><p>But, in a less grounded game, I'd be more generous. And if the thrown creature is small, even more so. That removes a couple levels of difficulty. Do, DC 20 (Hard) to clear 15 feet seems fine.</p><p></p><p>In the middle of a game, I probably wouldn't have recently looked at the world record for throwing a person. I have to go with my gut, based on what I've seen from strongman competitions (for a grounded game) or other fantasy. I honestly can't know what my answer would be at the time something like this came up. So I don't see the point of arguing it further.</p><p></p><p>My main point is to show how I would come up with a ruling as opposed to a system. Explain exactly what you're trying to accomplish and how, and only then can I rule on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Carlsen, post: 7590329, member: 61749"] As I said, it's all situational. Strength of the thrower, size of the person being thrown, and the distance could all play into it. But we have a good baseline. The world record is 17ft with a 130 lb. person. The situation I imagine for this is attempting to throw someone over a pit. So you have to clear the pit to be successful. So, 15 feet is clearly very difficult to pull off in ideal circumstances with practice. So, I'm comfortable calling that a DC 30 (Nearly Impossible). At 20 feet, it [I]is[/I] impossible. But, in a less grounded game, I'd be more generous. And if the thrown creature is small, even more so. That removes a couple levels of difficulty. Do, DC 20 (Hard) to clear 15 feet seems fine. In the middle of a game, I probably wouldn't have recently looked at the world record for throwing a person. I have to go with my gut, based on what I've seen from strongman competitions (for a grounded game) or other fantasy. I honestly can't know what my answer would be at the time something like this came up. So I don't see the point of arguing it further. My main point is to show how I would come up with a ruling as opposed to a system. Explain exactly what you're trying to accomplish and how, and only then can I rule on it. [/QUOTE]
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