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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6093452" data-attributes="member: 177">The d20 SRD says:Your typical lower-story city building wall is 1 foot thick, has AC 3, hardness 8, 90 hp - this includes its size.&nbsp; A typical small city wall is 5 feet thick, AC 3, hardness 8, and 450 hp per 10-foot section.&nbsp; And a typical heavy catapult does 6d6 damage.&nbsp; You're talking about a technique that should do 20d6 with a single shot, by the rules.&nbsp; So, be careful with that.But then, we should also talk about hitting the target - because while it is a building, it is also 500 feet away.&nbsp;&nbsp; This isn't a weapon that's actually *built* for use like this, so that's a -4 to hit as an improvised weapon.&nbsp; We don't have a range increment for &quot;dropped stone&quot;.&nbsp; If we use a heavy catapult's range increment, that's another -4 to hit.&nbsp; If we use the light catapult's range increment, it is another -6.&nbsp;&nbsp; So, first estimate is a -8 to -10 to hit?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6093452, member: 177"] The d20 SRD says: Your typical lower-story city building wall is 1 foot thick, has AC 3, hardness 8, 90 hp - this includes its size. A typical small city wall is 5 feet thick, AC 3, hardness 8, and 450 hp per 10-foot section. And a typical heavy catapult does 6d6 damage. You're talking about a technique that should do 20d6 with a single shot, by the rules. So, be careful with that. But then, we should also talk about hitting the target - because while it is a building, it is also 500 feet away. This isn't a weapon that's actually *built* for use like this, so that's a -4 to hit as an improvised weapon. We don't have a range increment for "dropped stone". If we use a heavy catapult's range increment, that's another -4 to hit. If we use the light catapult's range increment, it is another -6. So, first estimate is a -8 to -10 to hit? [/QUOTE]

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