What's so wrong with Hulking Hurler?

[Mistwell]

I've seen a lot of folks mention that the hulking hurler is overpowered, but can find no explanation of why they think that.
What's so wrong with this PRC?

 

[Jdvn1]

Have you seen the Hulking Hurler build that could destroy the Earth?

... I mean literally.

 

[Crothian]

By itself nothing. But adding a few other options bt other non core books and then bribing the DM to let it happen one can build a powerful character it seems.

 

[JoeGKushner]

Dude, first off. He's like Hulking.

Second off, he's hurling.

You can have one or the other but the devisating combination of H&H is superior even to C&C. I mean, it even comes after it in the alphabet!

 

[Philip]

I've seen a lot of folks mention that the hulking hurler is overpowered, but can find no explanation of why they think that.
What's so wrong with this PRC?

Its not overpowered per se, but it can be broken by the right combination of feats, prestige classes and items, the hurler can lift items weighing thousands upon thousands of pounds, enabling him to dish out thousands of d6's of damage with his Really Throw Anything ability.

 

[Sejs]

Math is what's wrong with the hulking hurler.


Damn you, math!

 

[Shin Okada]

Hulking Hurler can truly throw anything, provided the weight is within his light load. For example, a Mountain Giant/Hulking Huler 3 with strength of 52 can throw anything up to (173 x 64 x 16 =) 177,152 lbs. (that is about 80 ton) Now, see table 4-7"Improvised Weapon Table" in CW. this 80 ton rock inflicts 888d6 damages when thrown. If the thing is happen to be sharp, it inflicts 1,774d6 damages. That is 6,209 damages in average.

 

[Jdvn1]

Math is what's wrong with the hulking hurler.


Damn you, math!

Too true.

 

[Shuffle]

Hulking Hurler can truly throw anything, provided the weight is within his light load. For example, a Mountain Giant/Hulking Huler 3 with strength of 52 can throw anything up to (173 x 64 x 16 =) 177,152 lbs. (that is about 80 ton) Now, see table 4-7"Improvised Weapon Table" in CW. this 80 ton rock inflicts 888d6 damages when thrown. If the thing is happen to be sharp, it inflicts 1,774d6 damages. That is 6,209 damages in average.

That is why some PrC's are really for DM use only....

 

[GuardianLurker]

Here's why:

http://rpol.net/display.cgi?gi=668&gn=The+Exodus:+Epic+DnD+3.5&threadnum=208&date=1069788918