Re: question

[Orion Furmanski <thelaw@expert.cc.purdue.edu>]

On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Greg Mowczko wrote:

> > From: Wright Frazier <khelek>
> >
> > Anyone want to take a guess how much damage a person would take
> > from the following objects all travelling over a hundred miles an hour:
> > 1) a 2oz rock/iron/lead ball.
> > 2) a 1lb rock/iron/lead ball.
> > 3) a 5lbs rock/iron/lead ball.
> > 4) a 10lbs rock/iron/lead ball.
> > 5) a 100lbs rock/iron/lead ball.
> > 6) a 1400lbs rock/iron/lead ball.
> > 7) a 1" thick, 4' long spear with a steel head, and flights to make it spin
> > 8) a dead and rotting horse carcass.
> > 9) a dead and rotting human carcass.
> >
> > Wright
> 
> 1. 1d3
> 2. 1d4
> 3. 1d6
> 4. 1d10
> 5. 1d100
> 6. 1d2000
> 7. 1d20
> 8. 1d50 ( likely to fly apart in the air )
> 9. 1d30 ( If you could get these thing going 100 mph they don't stay together )
> 
> 						Greg
> 
> ps. Oh if you are smacking a boat with that 1400lbs I think that people within
> 10 feet of it need to make an AGI check to keep on their feet due to shock plus
> some damage from splintering wood.
> 
	No way. The carcasses would fly just fine; it's the initial
acceleration (0-100 mph in 1 second or less) that would tear the shit out
of them.

Orion