The Book of Casual Rule: Throwing Destructible Objects

[Wolvie]

I actually haven't started using these rules yet, anyone want's to share their experience, and by that, get me excited enough to start using..
(No critique, just too lazy to get them started)

[quozl]

I think you're all right!

[IAmBatman]

The DO attack isn't a normal attack and doesn't behave like one. i.e. it's not modified like one, so no height advantage or anything else like that.
And yes, you do need super strength to throw DOs.

[Porkins]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

And yes, you do need super strength to throw DOs.

I think it's more like SUPER strength. Throwing a car across the street three spaces is one thing (not that I could do it). But throwing a car up to the top of a large (essentially infinite) number of levels is, well, infinite.

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by Porkins

I think it's more like SUPER strength. Throwing a car across the street three spaces is one thing (not that I could do it). But throwing a car up to the top of a large (essentially infinite) number of levels is, well, infinite.

Well, sure, but Green Arrow can shoot an arrow that same distance and he's just got regular strength. Presumably Cap'n Boomerang could chuck a boomerang an infinite distance upwards as well. It's just the way the game is.

[quozl]

You could house-rule a height limit if you like.

[davidlhsl]

Related to the height issue, I just realized something (and please correct me if I'm wrong):

When you defend against a thrown object, you have to be adjacent to the space where the object is thrown.

You are not adjacent if your base is on a level equal to or higher than the height of the other figure/object, per the definition of adjacent in the D&D rulebook.

A ruined battlement has a size of 1. Some other objects (manhole cover) also have a height of 1.

Therefore, if you throw an object such as battlement or manhole cover, you need to place it on a same-level or no higher than the the height of the figure you're throwing it at. Otherwise, it's not adjacent. In my example with Black Canary at a height higher than where the object was thrown, if the object thrown was a battlement (becoming a ruined battlement upon landing), then Black Canary would not even need to roll defense since she's not adjacent.

[tcglkn]

That is correct david. Also since throwing a DO is not exactly a normal attack and because it says to roll dice equal to the remaining life of the DO, I do not think they gain a height advantage.

[fret_gurglo]

Originally Posted by Zettian Juggernaut

Hmm, yeah that might be a better place for it.

• Q: Can a figure that has a power to move another figure such as Phoenix's Psionic Blast move Destructible Object?
  
• A: Yes, but it would be restricted to only the Destructible Objects that have a size designation on its card. Destructible Objects that do not have a size designation are considered immovable unless destroyed and then they are removed from the battlefield. For example Psionic Blast cannot move an Ice Glacier but it can move a Parked Car.

[IAmBatman]

Perfect.

[quozl]

Addition: Huge destructible objects can be thrown up to 2 spaces.

[A3n]

Originally Posted by quozl

Addition: Huge destructible objects can be thrown up to 2 spaces.

When did we vote for that?