Tuesday, June 23, 2015

How Far Can a Giant Punt a Dwarf

How far can a giant punt (kick) a dwarf?   It's got to come up sometime. Based on a host of calculations, distances a football and soccer ball can be kicked, brutal physics, and a whole lot of assumptions re mass along with an old Dragon magazine article on giant sizes I've calculated the following table:

How Far Can A Giant Punt …

Projectile
Kicker
Gnome*
Halfling
Elf
Dwarf
Human
Ogre
1d10’ (5)
1d8’ (4)
1d6’ (3)
1d4’ (2)
1d3’ (2)
Hill Giant
3d12’ (18)
3d10’ (15)
3d8’ (12)
3d6’ (9)
2d6’ (6)
Stone Giant
9d12’ (54)
9d10’ (45)
9d8’ (36)
9d6’ (27)
6d6’  (18)
Fire Giant
11d12’ (66)
11d10’ (55)
11d8’ (44)
11d6’ (33)
7d6’ (21)
Frost Giant
18d12’  (108)
18d10’ (90)
18d8’ (72)
18d6’ (54)
12d6’ (36)
Cloud Giant
30d12’ (180)
30d10’ (150)
30d8’ (120)
30d6’ (90)
20d6’ (60)
Storm Giant
44d12’  (264)
44d10’ (220)
44d8’ (132)
44d6’ (132)
30d6’ (90)
Titan
50d12’ (300)
50d10’ (250)
50d8’ (200)
50d6 (150)
33d6’ (99)
*I prefer Gnomes to be tinier than Halflings, reverse if you disagree. The average distance listed in the parenthesis above is weighted low to punish DMs and players that don't want to roll all those dice.

7 comments:

  1. Good to know! I will do my best to test this out next time I DM.

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  2. I should note I have had ogres and giants golf characters in the past and had PCs do similar with kobolds and rats

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    1. +1 - that could be the whole campaign. The players are giants from a run down mining town, out of work and out of luck. The only thing they have left is their love for soccer - can they rise to the top and beat impossible odds?

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    2. Lol, with the right group it could be fun for a while.

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  5. Jag har märkt några läsare från en sweidsh språkforumtagande titt på dvärgen punting tabellen . Hej folks!

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