The "Fastball Special"

[Figleaf23]

Originally Posted by jeff_wilson

I found a Youtube video of four guys pitching a cheerleader up and through a basketball hoop.

It's fake though. Stop at 0:09 and 0:27 -- the girl blocks our view of the rim so she's in front of it rather than through it.

[dcarson]

Years ago in a D&D game we had someone tame a mimic and he and another fighter would each take a side and throw. It would open wide and land biting.

[lexington]

Originally Posted by Figleaf23

It's fake though. Stop at 0:09 and 0:27 -- the girl blocks our view of the rim so she's in front of it rather than through it.

Hard to be sure, it's very low res. The very last frame of 0:24 shows her feet inside the basket.

[jeff_wilson]

Originally Posted by lexington

Hard to be sure, it's very low res. The very last frame of 0:24 shows her feet inside the basket.

It may be trickery in that she's actually in front of the basket wrt the camera, but it still illustrates four people throwing a fifth with a similar degree of accuracy.

[Bruno]

Originally Posted by Figleaf23

I like the write up, but regarding multiple people, it occurs to me that when fighting gargoyles it may be more practical for everyone to have Hurl Tarp rather than Hurl Teammate.

Well yes, but we don't have a tarp. Or a net. We'll obviously have to consider investing in at least one.

And, throwing an angry dwarf warrior at the problem is always funny and generally cool, which has a lot going for it.

[Danukian]

Originally Posted by Bruno

Well yes, but we don't have a tarp. Or a net. We'll obviously have to consider investing in at least one.

I would think the Minotaurs bed roll might work in a pinch... And any good traveler has his Towel.

[Bruno]

Originally Posted by Danukian

I would think the Minotaurs bed roll might work in a pinch... And any good traveler has his Towel.

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You're a cleverer man than I!

[Danukian]

Originally Posted by Bruno

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You're a cleverer man than I!

I get that a lot ;p

altough the towel might work a little, it was mostly a Hitchhiker ref.

[Figleaf23]

Originally Posted by jeff_wilson

It may be trickery in that she's actually in front of the basket wrt the camera, but it still illustrates four people throwing a fifth with a similar degree of accuracy.

Yes, that's true. And she did a flip at the top, so a combat-move should be possible too.

[sonic232]

That reminds me of a superhero game I ran where the Superspeed guy asked the strong man of the group to throw him at the enemy as hard as he could. I calculated the range of being thrown at max speed straight up... Let's just say the guy is lucky he grabbed his target rather than HIT his target. He would have died, as he had no DR and no regeneration. Not to mention the fall if he would have missed entirely.