How many magic stones can you throw?

[JRRNeiklot]

The text states the stones are pebbles. So how many pebbles can you throw in one round? Logically, you should be able to throw quite a few, almost as many as you can hold in one hand.

But from a rules standpoint, it stands to reason only one per attack, which is kind of stupid. I can throw a handful of rocks and hit a man-sized target from 20 feet easily.
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[Darklone]

Leon the profi: There is rulezz.

Yeah one per round (assuming one attack by BAB). With Rapid Shot two. With Ambi and Twoweapon three.

If that makes sense: Ask me how many arrows I can shoot in 6 seconds. Do I have Rapid Shot?

 

[JRRNeiklot]

Arrows are a whole different animal. So you're saying, I can't throw a handful of gravel at someone?
I must throw one pebble at a time? If that's the case, then the same logic would mean you couldn't throw sand in someone's face except one grain at a time....

I'm not trying to be belligerent, just trying to figure out why you can't chunk three stones as one attack.

 

[Darklone]

Cause if you wanna hurt someone with a pebble, you gotta hit where it hurts. That means, armour will greatly reduce your chance. You can't just hurl a load of pebbles at a guy in full platemail and expect him to drop like a virgin.

 

[Ernst]

I would allow it, but like with schurigans, 3 at a time, end -4 to atack.

 

[JRRNeiklot]

Yes, but that's no ordinary rabbit! Uh, wait, wrong topic...

These are not ordinary pebbles. From the phb: "they strike with great force when thrown..."

I'd say a hand ful of gravels could be thrown at a guy in plate. They'd just do no damage. Magic stones, however, do 1d6+1, so, if you can throw a handful of non-magical pebbles, you should be able to throw a handful of magical ones, no?

Is there a rule clarification on this? We can discuss this till we're blue in the face, but I wondered if there was an official ruling. I could email the sage, but I'd be 90 before I got a reply. Plus, I'm lazy.

 

[Darklone]

Compare them with sling bullets. And use them in the same way.

 

[JRRNeiklot]

You can indeed use them as sling bullets. But a sling is like a bow, there is only room for one stone or arrow. A hand, however, can hold and throw more than one object at once.

 

[Darklone]

A hand, however, can hold and throw more than one object at once.

So what do you do when your player wants to throw 10 sling bullets at once ?

 

[JRRNeiklot]

I dunno about 10, but 3 sounds reasonable. I guess I'm misinterpreting the text. "Strike with great force" sounds to me like you just toss them and they impact a lot harder than normal. Kinda like a 90 pound weakling throwing them, but they hit as if Randy Johnson had chunked them at you.