Quick Q / Suggestion for translating Force to Damage Die

[TheTSKoala]

Let's say a weapon is generating 4000-6060 Newtons of force when it hits.  The idea behind the weapon is pure force.  No physical mass, just a wave of inertia that hits like a ton of bricks.  Any thoughts?  (Going loose science / sorta Saturday Morning / Affleck's Paycheck movie style)

[Morgenstern]

Bullrush?

[TheTSKoala]

Bullrush?

In gun form.  Something along the lines of.. 300-1000 pounds of mass which was traveling at around 20-30 MPH.. except shrunken down to the size of a baseball, traveling at cannonball / rocket speed.

[Crafty_Alex]

Bullrush?

In gun form.  Something along the lines of.. 300-1000 pounds of mass which was traveling at around 20-30 MPH.. except shrunken down to the size of a baseball, traveling at cannonball / rocket speed.

So, it's like getting shot by a cannon, then. I'd use the biggest cannon damage avaialbe in FC (6d6 lethal).

[Morgenstern]

Bullrush?

In gun form.  Something along the lines of.. 300-1000 pounds of mass which was traveling at around 20-30 MPH.. except shrunken down to the size of a baseball, traveling at cannonball / rocket speed.

Ah, piercing then. The same energy distrubuted over a wider surface would act very differently. Go with Alex's comment. You're just describing an invisible cannonball .

[TheTSKoala]

Bullrush?

In gun form.  Something along the lines of.. 300-1000 pounds of mass which was traveling at around 20-30 MPH.. except shrunken down to the size of a baseball, traveling at cannonball / rocket speed.

Ah, piercing then. The same energy distrubuted over a wider surface would act very differently. Go with Alex's comment. You're just describing an invisible cannonball .

You know.. when I read it... I got that instant "Why didn't I think of that..."  Thanks guys!  *gets evil mastermind grin going*  My players won't know what hit them.. ...literally!  Muahaha!

[Mister Andersen]

Alternatively, you could just measure the distance between the weapon and target, round up to the nearest 10' and do it as falling damage

[Morgenstern]

falling/collision damage went through my head too.

[Foghorn]

falling/collision damage went through my head too.

Bet that hurt

[Morgenstern]

10 years of aikido = catfall, baby!

[TheTSKoala]

Alternatively, you could just measure the distance between the weapon and target, round up to the nearest 10' and do it as falling damage

I was thinking about that... small problem with that was.. scene damage.  Can a wall actually take fall damage?  I'm going to tweak it to 6d6 Sonic.  Closest thing I could find that matches what I'm aiming for.  

Koala's Super Secret Ultra Classified DM Cannon-o-DOooooooOoom!1!!
6d6 Sonic* | 1-7 / 19-20 | 1M2 | 24 | 250 ft | S / 2h | MAS / QKY / SLA | 41.2 lbs

* +10 vs. Scenery

[Gentry]

Is that an error range of 1-7? Really? With Quirky on top of it?

[TheTSKoala]

Is that an error range of 1-7? Really? With Quirky on top of it?

Yes sir.. yes it is.  It'll be part of a season long weapon system that is being constructed.  The less my players succeed, or fail to act, the more immense that weapon will become.