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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6093466" data-attributes="member: 8835">Thanks for the look-up.  I learned something.I can see why you'd want to make it harder, to reduce abuse.  However, I'd question just how hard hovering directly over a target and dropping a rock really is.  it has to be significantly easier than trying to throw it.Lobbing a shot has a number of variables (wind, angles, energy, weight).Dropping a rock is pretty much lining up the target beneath you (stability of platform) and wind.  I'm not sure how much wind takes into play, but missing the center of the roof by 6 inches with a rock is still a hit, compared to missing the target's head with a bullet from 500 feet away.If nothing else, size modifiers would be bonuses (larger target is a positive modifer) and thus reduce that -10 penalty.I can see that being really high up would make it a harder shot.  But if the target is big, you can hold position steady and easily look down to confirm you are over the target (basically, you can look over the ledge where you are dropping and easily see it is directly above because the target still appears to be larger than the ammo used).maybe if the range increment was based on target size (small targets, from high up are harder to hit).</blockquote>