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Old 05-09-2017, 11:07 AM   #36
Mark Skarr
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Default Re: Ramming Speed vs Throwing Speed with a side order of Log ST

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Originally Posted by Anthony View Post
Actually, 20 yards is excessive. Rule of thumb for throwing is that range will be equal to (distance arm moves during throw) * (force / object weight) * 2. Assuming your arm moves a yard during the throw, and your max 1 handed force is BLx3, that gives a throwing distance of 6 yards.
As this is a rule of thumb, it really doesn't apply to supers. We have no experience with them, and it would be horribly inaccurate with them. Additionally, as a Supers rule of thumb, you see strong supers throwing massive things great distances, which is more important here than anything applicable to the real world.

A baseball weighs, roughly, 1/3 of a pound. A baseball player with a ST of 12 (Not an unreasonable ST for a baseball player) could throw that ball . . . 522 yards. Which would be 1,044 mph.

I think there's something wrong with the application of your rule of thumb.

This is supers.
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