Troll throwing a stone?

[Ulzgoroth]

Are there any rules for damage from being crushed under a non-falling weight.

[Bruno]

Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth

Are there any rules for damage from being crushed under a non-falling weight.

Page 353 gives the rules for shifting or tipping over big things, and Falling Objects notes that you can get inconvenienced under something with your SM or greater regardless of weight. Other than that, p 353 also notes that carrying on your back more than 10xBL costs you 1FP/second, which is fundamentally the start of crushing someone to death.

[Crakkerjakk]

Originally Posted by Bruno

Page 353 gives the rules for shifting or tipping over big things, and Falling Objects notes that you can get inconvenienced under something with your SM or greater regardless of weight. Other than that, p 353 also notes that carrying on your back more than 10xBL costs you 1FP/second, which is fundamentally the start of crushing someone to death.

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[Peter Knutsen]

Originally Posted by thulben

On what basis do you make that assertion? From all of the real trolls that you've observed?

I tend to assume Norse trolls. They're quite big and strong.

[Ze'Manel Cunha]

Originally Posted by Peter Knutsen

I tend to assume Norse trolls. They're quite big and strong.

Hairy and blonde...

[Cernunnos]

When setting a troll ST to 24 I was comparing it to a prehistoric cavebear (ST23 according to B.456). I agree that trolls from Old Norse mythology might have even higher ST. Trolls in the Eddas might very likely refer to Jotunn and Thurs (Old Norse giants), and some of those creatures challenged even the gods… A troll from Scandinavian folk-lore (c.f. John Bauer, illustrator) do not seem to be that strong.

Originally Posted by Bruno

Regardless, it's ~80HP for that boulder, and hard (so use 2x HP) falling from 2 yards-ish, so an est velocity of 7-ish, and it theoretically deals (160 * 7)/100 = 11d damage. If you call it more like a 1 yard fall than a 2 yard fall (velocity 5 not 7) that's ~8d damage instead.

That makes the human go splat!
So what do you all think of this: if the stone/rock/boulder hits a target, and the victim suffers a knockback (B.378), and fails to remain on his feet, he gets the stone on top of him. He then suffer the "drop-the-stone-from-either-1y-or-2y-on-your-chest"-damage.

/C.

[Anders]

Originally Posted by thulben

On what basis do you make that assertion? From all of the real trolls that you've observed?

Originally Posted by Peter Knutsen

I tend to assume Norse trolls. They're quite big and strong.

Go to 4chan. It's flooded with trolls.

[ErhnamDJ]

Originally Posted by Cernunnos

That makes the human go splat!
So what do you all think of this: if the stone/rock/boulder hits a target, and the victim suffers a knockback (B.378), and fails to remain on his feet, he gets the stone on top of him. He then suffer the "drop-the-stone-from-either-1y-or-2y-on-your-chest"-damage.

But shouldn't the stone just keep going if it's moving fast enough? Like knocking down pins in bowling. And it's not even rolling. It might knock them down and fly past them.

[Bruno]

Originally Posted by ErhnamDJ

But shouldn't the stone just keep going if it's moving fast enough? Like knocking down pins in bowling. And it's not even rolling. It might knock them down and fly past them.

The troll in question had a 2 yard range with his 900-odd pound boulder. It's not going to keep going, it was by definition not moving fast enough.

If the target was significantly inside max range, that's certainly possible - but range in this case was "barely enough to not drop it on troll toes" really.