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Peasant Railgun

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1. stego-tech ◴[] No.44456338[source]
This is an excellent example of the difference between the letter of the rules/law, and the spirit of the rules/law.

Is it possible under the letter of the rules? Technically yes. Is it in the spirit of the rules? Not really, no! And that grey area is where negotiations can happen, and erode one side in favor of the other.

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2. rtkwe ◴[] No.44456739[source]
Nope, it's not a falling object so those rules don't apply, each step is just a peasant with a pole passing it from person to person. d20 + Dex to hit and 1d4 improvised weapon damage on a hit as thrown by the last peasant.
3. bluefirebrand ◴[] No.44456743[source]
> Is it possible under the letter of the rules? Technically yes

Actually no, because there are no rules for accurately simulating real physics. Strictly by the rules, the last person in the chain of the peasant railgun simply throws it at the enemy for exactly the damage number that it would do under any other circumstances