Silly question born of curiosity...

For the Math folks out there... Pathfinder: How much damage would 300Lbs falling from 60 Ft. onto somethings cranium do? :)

Realistically... they'd be dead. It's 1d6 per 200 lbs and an additional 1d6 for each ten feet it falls. So that would be 7d6 damage.

heh, nice. I found myself in a position to make myself a dwarven projectile in a game last night. I was wondering if it would have actually worked or not :) (we got rid of the big bad the traditional way)

I have seen it handled slightly differently to account for acceleration. 1d6 for first 10', 2d6 for second 10', 3d6 for third, etc. so it would do 21d6 (1d6+2d6+3d6+4d6+5d6+6d6) damage for the 60' fall which seems a bit more realistic if it actually hits. Of course, in real life, depending on the air resistance, you will eventually hit a maximum velocity, so damage is usually capped at 60' in games I have played in just for convenience; i.e. falling 2000' is just as damaging as falling 120' since you are at the same speed when you hit the ground. And if you want to get really analytical, hitting stone is probably a lot more painful than hitting say a marshland or bog at the bottom of the fall.

Daniel B. said: And if you want to get really analytical, hitting stone is probably a lot more painful than hitting say a marshland or bog at the bottom of the fall. 16 yr old girl survives 3500 ft freefal l. Wethington also landed on a relatively soft surface.

Yeah - as Pathfinder comes nowhere close to actual physics - you can just go with whats in the books. As shameful as that is to say. For a more complete picture - you can run the physics of the situation. And you can read this to get a bit of a feel for how much damage the body can take and how much is produced in given situations (crashes) <a href="http://ftp.rta.nato.int/public/PubFullText/RTO/MP/" rel="nofollow">http://ftp.rta.nato.int/public/PubFullText/RTO/MP/</a>...

It's not shameful. It's a game.

huh... who'd thought a ballistic dwarf would spark a discussion :)

Anything will spark a discussion. I could post a question about a dragon's fart being classified as a gas attack and there would be gamers arguing both side that would include discussions of the game mechanics of the size and saves.

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why I love D&D :)

Mark G. said: And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why I love D&D :) I would corollary that, "This is why I love gamers. Full stop."

Dead of broken neck. Anything human size falling 40 feet freefall onto a hard surface has a 50% chance of being killed, basically because the organs can't take the sudden stop and burst. in this case, snapped neck.