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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cooperjer" data-source="post: 7454074" data-attributes="member: 6862150">As a mechanical engineer and a DM I can say with confidence that the 5E rules do not model reality.  I feel like you had a couple choices to make regarding how to address the big bomb.  Two options were to use more narrative or use a group of dice to determine the impact of the bomb.  The 5T mass (2.5 Ford Taurus cars) dropped from a height can be a significantly forceful impact.  15d10 feels a little light, but good enough.  20d10 might have been a little closer to feeling right.  The median value is 110, which in my mind means 27 dead commoners with the impact on average.If you question is about what to do next with your story I'm going to refer to something I learned from How to be a Great GM.  The plot should be something about the NPC wanting something and having a hard time getting it.  Well, that NPC might be dead now, or that thing is destroyed in the bomb.  Who wanted that thing?  What happens if that thing is broken?  Does someone else now want that thing?  Did the PCs now earn a reputation of being capable of mass destructive power and are being sought by another individual who wants a big thing that can only be obtained with mass destructive power?  If you build a plot on the NPC wanting a thing / or event and having trouble getting it then you might be able to expand from this current event and further develop the story.Good luck.</blockquote>

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