the core problem is that you have to sort of mush together BOTH newtonian physics and RAW while also ignoring key parts of both to get a railgun - you need the rod to be gaining momentum due to moving BUT you have moving because RAW, when newtonian physics would have the amount of energy needed to move the rod from even ONE peasant to another instantaneously be infinite, while at the same time RAW caps the amount of damage and range of a peasant throwing an object to just a few feet and a single damage die.
(remember that 1 peasant can easily be subdued by a house cat, which has better offensive and defensive stats than the peasant)
Kittens are vicious, man. a Claw/Claw/Bite(rake/rake) combo when a good chunk of the universe has 1HP? There's a reason you drown sacks of kittens - self-preservation! Although you're generally better off throwing them at goblins, because a litter will *eat* a goblin raiding party in seconds.
Of course, this is also a universe where a common cause of death is "cut myself shaving, was instantly decapitated".
And where one of the great civic nuisances is that every night the thieve's guild is liable to cause 1 out of every 20 locks in a given city to irreperably jam.
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Date: 2014-05-09 12:13 pm (UTC)(remember that 1 peasant can easily be subdued by a house cat, which has better offensive and defensive stats than the peasant)
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Date: 2014-05-09 12:48 pm (UTC)Of course, this is also a universe where a common cause of death is "cut myself shaving, was instantly decapitated".
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Date: 2014-05-09 01:08 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-05-09 02:49 pm (UTC)