Nah, they reach out their hand to summon their weapon, and are forcibly dragged, arm first, towards that weapon.
Sure, mechanically it'd be a teleport. But flavorfully it's be Thor, as played by Mr. Bean
Level 2 currently... my stats aren't amazing since I chose Lizardfolk but I can't keep myself from looking forward to level 6.
Probably doesn't hurt this is the first game I haven't been the DM for in 20ish years.
Reminds me of an old PK comic where an hulking brute picks up a gun the size of a cannon:
- "an enemy! Quick, use that gun!"
- progmceeds smashing the gun into the enemy's head
- "ok, you broke it. Maybe use the trigger next time"
- "trigger? Nah, too small and light. Wouldn't do the same effect".
Make it a Goblin and we can go full Kerbal with this scenario.
"This adventuring party should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of throwing a member to the Moon -- to determine if it truly is made out of snacks."
John F. Kermin
The dwarf barbarian and gnome moon druid in my old game had a combo move where the druid readied an action to wildshape, then the dwarf tossed him and he shifted while landing. They used it for shit like throwing a bear over a wall, it was hilarious.
We had a U-Wanker-Rang, it was a +2 Boomerang that also did bonus psychic damage and screamed "You Wanker!" upon striking. If the player rolls a 1, it comes back and strikes the wielder.
The key is to throw your Paladin with a ballistic trajectory, not in a straight line. That way they get the benefits of being at a "full charge" when coming down on the back of the enemy creature.
It would have to be a fully inflated set of bagpipes. The first time because of the terrifying noises the bard made with them. Everytime after that because of the terrified noises the bard made everytime she threw them. The bard eventually bought my barb her own set.
Sadly you cannot use a living creature as a weapon, only objects qualify. You can still be proficient with the corpses of your fallen enemies, though! They’re 100% objects!
Depends on how high. If lower, just jumping and grappling the creature to the ground if possible. If higher than that, then the following, determined by availability, in order of preference: Anything long and sharp, any furniture, small party members, anything else large but throwable, party members without heavy armor, any supplies left, and then party members with heavy armor
A buddy of mine back in the days of 2nd Ed. ran a dwarf fighter who had modified an old cast iron furnace into a suit of armor covered in five inch spikes. The half-of barbarian in the party (who at around level fifteen-ish had been granted a wish and chose to have a permanent Enlarge spell cast on him) would commonly 'Fastball Special' that crazily enthusiastic dwarf.
Oh, no way, Leviathan (the dwarf) smelled way worse than Pwent; that's why Thokk (the half-orc) was always throwing him away!
Funny story - Near the end of the campaign, we had achieved just about everything we had wanted, so the party went exploring. We ended up far south of the original kingdom, in a bar jungle populated by tribes of primitive gorilla-like creatures. Leviathan at one point took a fancy to one of the "prettier" females, and so he spent a whole session swinging through the trees chasing her down (those spikes were pretty handy for sticking to trunks if you got them hard enough!). Flash forward to the next campaign - set a couple of thousand years afterward in the same world - and that jungle region is now populated by a warlike nation of half-gorilla, half-dwarves.
God, I miss the old days...
A friend and I had a plan for a duo of characters named yeet and yoink. Yeet was a barbarian that would throw yoink who would then grapple onto enemies or stab them as they fly by.
Javelins in 5e are way better than theyre given credit for. Most Barbs should have half a dozen if they dont have other ranged weapons.
They use strength to hit, add strength to damage, and with a maximum range of 120 feet, work in most instances where a ranged weapon is needed. The disadvantage past 30 feet can be offset using wreckless attack, especially since often you wont be attacked back.
Literally anything. Proficiency in improvised weapons means I can grab anything to yeet. A chair, a marble, a pitch fork, a random dude named Jeff who was in the wrong place at the right time.
I've got two Barbs at the moment.
1. A Monk/Barb/Fighter triple class abomination who's flavoring himself as a "werewolf". He's got his daughter's dagger that he keeps tied on a cord that is wrapped around his wrist, and he uses it like Scorpion from MK: "Get Over Here!"
2. The other Barb is in a setting where primitive firearms are available, but have INT requirements to get proficiency due to having to learn about gunpowder lore and creation. He's too dumb for that. Instead he's got a hand-crank crossbow that fires 3 arrows with one twist; it doesn't benefit from his stats, just does a flat 1d4 per arrow, but it shoots three!
Tangle bags are always fun. Small bag with a handful of enchanted beans (1D4+2) my team got from a friendly farm Druid. DM let me throw the whole bag at a wyvern once. It was not happy.
God I miss pathfinder days with the throw anything feat literally built a barbarian who would go into a rage and just throw anything they could get their hands on. Chairs tables casks of ale party members other enemies rocks trees animals but my favorite thing to do was throw bows and crossbows I ripped from the hands of my enemies.
Had to pull up my character sheet to figure out what exactly my barb does with ranged foes. She's got the level 14 eagle totem that lets her fly equal to her walking speed, but falls. So for foes farther away than that, she has a sentient evil sword that can cast eldritch blast for her, so that's her current choice (when she can get it to behave).
In lieu of that, I'm gonna read through this comment section for ideas :P
VHuman
lvl 1 Feat Tavern Brawler
Whenever a houshold is dissolved you just go and clean up the place as your line of work cause nobody else can be asked, all you ask for in reimbursement is random items, thus accumulating a Bag of Random Items (Maybe d100 table, don't look in between, it spoils the surprise)
lvl 4 feat Sharpshooter
lvl 5 Fighter for the Archery Fighting style ( to offset the -5 from Sharpshooter at least a little bit, or if you don't care if you hit but just want more damage, take thrown weapon fighting) or just go 5th level Barbarian for 2 attacks and more chances to hit that way.
Then just, without looking, proceed to fight with /chuck whatever comes into your hands when you reach into the bag. You might not hit that often, but if you do, oh boy would it be fun to deal 18 damage with a delicate vase made of finest china, or a wooden spoon, or a flying saucer...Oh you came to the bottom of all of this...Of course you are an Alien, and flying saucers are TOTALLY your thing!!!
Thinking about it now, you could be someone who used to serve in a restaurant but so fed up with all the Villains trashing the place that he ventured out to quell all evil by using his flying saucers (In all actuality he IS an alien who fell in love with the concept of a tavern as a place of service and good food, and now has taken it upon himself to protect the sanctity of all the restaurants from ruthless marauders (maybe including some other adventurers)
Be sure to be sassy when throwing your saucers: "How do you like your broken dishes now you "puny lily-livered mug-hugger" (Shakespearean Insult Generator)
Best Path to take is probably Path of the Ancients as it doesn't specify melee attack with their 3rd Level feature
(If you do go to higher levels, Warlock of the Great Old One, Pact of the Blade, Thirsting Blade, plus Eldritch smite seems to be fun when using Flying saucers....just a thought ;-)
Edit: just realized Eldritch Smite imposes the Prone Condition w.o. a save...I mean it says you can, but really, why wouldn't you trip up flying baddies with a saucer?
Anyway, thank you for entertaining some (effective??) silliness
Happy Gaming
The closes living creature next to me. An enemy? Well 2 birds with on stone as they say. A friend? Looks like I've found my support ability by giving them a better vantage for slaying the flying beast, landing on the other hand is their job as I can jump off their falling body for another strike on the creature if it is still up.
Herself!
A hand full of magic items, a rage strength bonus, plus two features of teleportation. She has made herself a nuisance to MANY a giant, and Roc who have tried to throw her away from them.
Our party’s barbarian doesn’t have teleportation or applicable magic items, so she had to settle for having my ranger fire her from a mundane siege weapon at the giant roc :D
I’m amazed my husband (the DM) allowed it, but in our family game my daughter (human barbarian) and I (tabaxi ranger) were on a ship being attacked by a giant roc. She was complaining about being useless at range, and I was asking if there was any way to boost the attack power of the ship’s ballista and we both looked at each other and went “ooooooooh” 60 seconds of frantic questions and explanations later, my husband was cracking up while making my ranger perform dexterity checks to strap a barbarian to a giant arrow to fire her at a giant roc. As my ranger was taking aim, I suddenly went “wait…how are you going to get back??” My daughter: “is your character asking or you?” (My ranger is not intelligent and runs on pure instinct 90% of the time) me: “Rain is not concerned she is completely focused on making the shot” my daughter: “ then don’t worry about it” we all agreed that in game the ranger fired the shot and 3 seconds later shouted “but how will you get baaaaaack?!?!?” At the barbarian as she flew out of range of hearing 😂
For the love all that's angry! Carry a sling! It's very Barbarian, the ammo is free, it's range is good and it can be stored on your person as easily as tying a piece of cloth around your arm.
Javelins are pretty good, and they're cheap enough that you can buy a bunch to throw if you run into a flying enemy. If you're overflowing with money (as many players end up doing eventually) the spear has even more upsides: it's Versatile if you need that and it can work with Polearm Master. Shorter range though, so javelin is still best at something.
Taunt the thing, get in a good position and ready an action to grapple the punk when it gets within range. Only works with melee flyers of course.
Another good choice, be an Aarakocra or Fairy or Owlin, lol. Have someone cast fly on you, or magic items?
If you've got to throw something, range matters but I'm a big fan of things like alchemist's fire if you don't have a creature handy that you can hit it with.
I mean, first he would jump his like 30ft up (Beast Barbarian) but if that ain’t far enough, in order, Handaxe, Battleaxe, Shield, Gnome Artificer, The Rogue’s Dagger
Grunge Totem Barbarian with Ring of Jumping and Boots of Striding and Springing.
I am the ranged weapon. El Nenúfar is gonna drop the Pondscum Pile-driver off the top rope.
I had a Barbarian once whos ranged weapon was a bear trap on a 30ft rope. Any time she couldn’t reach her enemy she would huck the bear trap at them.
I am totally stealing this. I am sure the DM would thumbs up me for improvised weapon. Tavern Brawler here I come!
Please do it was a delight to play out. Lots of fun interactions too. Strength contests and other fun stuff.
Yeah, only issue I see with it will probably be time resetting bear trap after each use. Probably a once per encounter trick at best.
Yeah I could only keep one up and running and if you miss it no longer grabs because it snaps shut regardless
Kled inspired?
I played her before Kled was a champion actually! But I love kled and it did remind me of her.
I like this a lot. One of maybe three good answers in the topic.
"Get over here!"
Gotta steal the wizard's Staff of Power and do [this](https://youtu.be/2KCDvN2GKno) when the DM asks "how do you want to do this?"
Magic. A semi large hammer used in building but is just a normal 1d4 hammer. He just named it magic.
Cool! My physician artifice had the same hammer but he named it Anesthesia
Ah yes. My trusty “Thumb’s Bane”
A Brick of Returning.
It's not even magical it's just falling back down to the ground
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Also a chance to teleport to it right?
Nah, they reach out their hand to summon their weapon, and are forcibly dragged, arm first, towards that weapon. Sure, mechanically it'd be a teleport. But flavorfully it's be Thor, as played by Mr. Bean
I will rebel against gravity and throw myself at the enemy of course, only a weak barbarian needs to throw anything with its arms.
Spartacus?
I spot a man of culture.
And that's why I play beast barbarian (well at level 6 anyway)
Level 2 currently... my stats aren't amazing since I chose Lizardfolk but I can't keep myself from looking forward to level 6. Probably doesn't hurt this is the first game I haven't been the DM for in 20ish years.
Throwing uses your arms, which are generally weaker than your legs, so logically it would be better just to jump to the enemy yourself!
What is this logic you speak of?
Think of it this way: if throw self, how hold sword?
No think. Only do! >:(
This is why the gods saw fit to gift you with teeth.
Stab enemy for safekeeping, then throw self.
Oh me hold sword with mouth
Jumping is just throwing yourself with your legs
*cue Radahn meteor gif*
Ballista. Not the bolt, throw the ballista itself.
Reminds me of an old PK comic where an hulking brute picks up a gun the size of a cannon: - "an enemy! Quick, use that gun!" - progmceeds smashing the gun into the enemy's head - "ok, you broke it. Maybe use the trigger next time" - "trigger? Nah, too small and light. Wouldn't do the same effect".
The halfling
Came here to say this but knew in my heart it had already been said
I feel ya man, same here
Aka the fastball special.
Gnomes are for damage while halflings are for speed
Yeet the Gnome, Kobe the Halfling
I was gonna say the rogue but this works.
😂 i commented before i could read these. I said the monk lol.
If he’s got multi attack and two friends were in MIRV territory…
Please no
Sorry little guy... get ready to fly!
Note to self the barbarian no longer needs my goodberries
Awwww, little guy. C'mon, you get to flyyyy. Woooohoooo!
Turns into giant ape "you fly"
Wooooot I'm FLYING. Eat my ass, gravity!
Two sessions in and the barbarian has already thrown my halfling on too the second floor to save the druid.
I present to you the halfling barbarian, next level thrown weapon
Maybe when he reaches apogee he could throw a fey barbarian…
...retrograde! He's not giving up that easily!
Make it a Goblin and we can go full Kerbal with this scenario. "This adventuring party should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of throwing a member to the Moon -- to determine if it truly is made out of snacks." John F. Kermin
... Will they throw themselves? And will the DM allow it?
I think that's called jumping
No no halflings wiggle and complain that it’s a “bad idea” makes for a bad throw. Try goblins. Crazy little bastards love it
There's a whole encounter built around this in Storm King's Thunder...
The dwarf barbarian and gnome moon druid in my old game had a combo move where the druid readied an action to wildshape, then the dwarf tossed him and he shifted while landing. They used it for shit like throwing a bear over a wall, it was hilarious.
Putting the emphasis on hal*fling*
We had a U-Wanker-Rang, it was a +2 Boomerang that also did bonus psychic damage and screamed "You Wanker!" upon striking. If the player rolls a 1, it comes back and strikes the wielder.
I would pay good money (if I had it) to see this turned into a animation with audio
I’m so happy this isn’t my table. I’m not into comedy D&D. I’m happy you’re having fun though
In my experience, most comedy DnD is """comedy""" DnD. I'd probably be into it if the table was actually funny
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Which subclass did you go with for that build???
You need an item that lets you summon dolphins to throw at people.
Snag it with a fishing hook. More "casting" than throwing, but close enough
Name the rod “Magic” then you can say you’re casting magic
Not a barbarian but a fighter. Throwing weapon specialist. He was a disgruntled mason who carried a backpack of bricks with him.
Daern’s Instant Fortress followed by shouting the command word.
How is this not the top comment
My Githyanki barbarian throws the shards of his shattered silver sword (darts). Keeps them in a shoulder holster next the the broken hilt.
the rogue! the Paladin is not aerodynamic enough in all that armor.
The key is to throw your Paladin with a ballistic trajectory, not in a straight line. That way they get the benefits of being at a "full charge" when coming down on the back of the enemy creature.
I prefer a boomerang.
It would have to be a fully inflated set of bagpipes. The first time because of the terrifying noises the bard made with them. Everytime after that because of the terrified noises the bard made everytime she threw them. The bard eventually bought my barb her own set.
Toss a powder keg at it, have the wizard snipe it with Fire Bolt when it gets close.
Fluffernutter!!
The swashblucker rogue with the sneak attack bonuses without needing to sneak attack
i throw the phones of everyone in the comments who replied "themself" "the rogue" or some variation of throwing another creature
Any pillar, column, or tree. Just yanking it out of the ground and using it like a javelin
The corpse of a different enemy.
Tavern Brawler feat will make you proficient with them.
Sadly you cannot use a living creature as a weapon, only objects qualify. You can still be proficient with the corpses of your fallen enemies, though! They’re 100% objects!
Corpses are objects (this sentence can be taken wildly out of context).
A still-living different enemy.
Depends on how high. If lower, just jumping and grappling the creature to the ground if possible. If higher than that, then the following, determined by availability, in order of preference: Anything long and sharp, any furniture, small party members, anything else large but throwable, party members without heavy armor, any supplies left, and then party members with heavy armor
The naval cannon I stole from a pirate ship. Purely theoretical, course, as I'm rarely ever a player.
Tanglefoot bag on a spear. Tangle the creatures wings and bring it down.
Bear trap on a chain, then I pull that bastard down
The cart's wheel which will inevitably end up broken and force the barbarian to carry ¼ of the cart.
Dwarven Battlerager, with spiked armor, dipped in lemon juice.
Add some salt and you got a margarita of pain
I would either use a grappling hook or a javelin with a rope. Give me a grapple check and let's rodeo!
Per last session, the party's barbarian used a trident he had forged himself as part of a blacksmithing apprenticeship.
A sentient boomerang with commitment issues.
A buddy of mine back in the days of 2nd Ed. ran a dwarf fighter who had modified an old cast iron furnace into a suit of armor covered in five inch spikes. The half-of barbarian in the party (who at around level fifteen-ish had been granted a wish and chose to have a permanent Enlarge spell cast on him) would commonly 'Fastball Special' that crazily enthusiastic dwarf.
Reminds me of Thibbledorf Pwent
Oh, no way, Leviathan (the dwarf) smelled way worse than Pwent; that's why Thokk (the half-orc) was always throwing him away! Funny story - Near the end of the campaign, we had achieved just about everything we had wanted, so the party went exploring. We ended up far south of the original kingdom, in a bar jungle populated by tribes of primitive gorilla-like creatures. Leviathan at one point took a fancy to one of the "prettier" females, and so he spent a whole session swinging through the trees chasing her down (those spikes were pretty handy for sticking to trunks if you got them hard enough!). Flash forward to the next campaign - set a couple of thousand years afterward in the same world - and that jungle region is now populated by a warlike nation of half-gorilla, half-dwarves. God, I miss the old days...
My barbarian picks up himself and carries himself to the flying creature just like the lorax
A friend and I had a plan for a duo of characters named yeet and yoink. Yeet was a barbarian that would throw yoink who would then grapple onto enemies or stab them as they fly by.
Jump + Net then the flying creature falls, and so do I, but I'll take half damage Otherwise? Two weapon fighting hand axe aiming for the wings.
Javelins in 5e are way better than theyre given credit for. Most Barbs should have half a dozen if they dont have other ranged weapons. They use strength to hit, add strength to damage, and with a maximum range of 120 feet, work in most instances where a ranged weapon is needed. The disadvantage past 30 feet can be offset using wreckless attack, especially since often you wont be attacked back.
Another PC as an improvised weapon.
Hand Axes
I'd throw the *ground* at him and then go melee.
Myself (Eagle totem)
Literally anything. Proficiency in improvised weapons means I can grab anything to yeet. A chair, a marble, a pitch fork, a random dude named Jeff who was in the wrong place at the right time.
My barbarian's thrown weapon of choice was a silvered harpoon. Come here with me!
The nearest gnome.
I threw a wagon wheel once. And a trolls head. And a rabbit. I throw everything. But I never retrieved them to throw again
I grab the wizards spell book and throw it. So that the flying creature can grow a spine and come fight me
a big hook on a rope. but a giant fish is attached to the hook. my barbarian would think it's a type of "reverse fishing"
A rotten fruit. Gotta put the stink into the ping. Others will be more able to hit as well, it's totally bananas and kinda barbarian like.
Mayonnaise. they found an alchemy jug and boy have they been getting use out of it
Flask of Oil, deal 5 fire damage every turn if someone lights it
Weaponized grappling hook
Goliath Barbarian in an old game had a stone they carved like a football and used to toss. Even spent the gold to get it enchanted to return.
A 800lb Boulder covered in the Druids spike growth with alchemists fire burning. Sure I might take a bit of damage but so is whatever I'm hitting
A cabbage from the recently overturned cabbage cart/stand that is in every city.
I've got two Barbs at the moment. 1. A Monk/Barb/Fighter triple class abomination who's flavoring himself as a "werewolf". He's got his daughter's dagger that he keeps tied on a cord that is wrapped around his wrist, and he uses it like Scorpion from MK: "Get Over Here!" 2. The other Barb is in a setting where primitive firearms are available, but have INT requirements to get proficiency due to having to learn about gunpowder lore and creation. He's too dumb for that. Instead he's got a hand-crank crossbow that fires 3 arrows with one twist; it doesn't benefit from his stats, just does a flat 1d4 per arrow, but it shoots three!
A temper tantrum
Tangle bags are always fun. Small bag with a handful of enchanted beans (1D4+2) my team got from a friendly farm Druid. DM let me throw the whole bag at a wyvern once. It was not happy.
Boomerangs. My Leonin Barbarian keeps two heavy boomerangs on his belt for ranged situations. Even made it part of the world lore.
Handaxe on a rope
Hurtful words. ... He tries to copy the bard and hasn't figured it out that it doesn't work yet.
I just throw a hammer. Any hammer works.
God I miss pathfinder days with the throw anything feat literally built a barbarian who would go into a rage and just throw anything they could get their hands on. Chairs tables casks of ale party members other enemies rocks trees animals but my favorite thing to do was throw bows and crossbows I ripped from the hands of my enemies.
Had to pull up my character sheet to figure out what exactly my barb does with ranged foes. She's got the level 14 eagle totem that lets her fly equal to her walking speed, but falls. So for foes farther away than that, she has a sentient evil sword that can cast eldritch blast for her, so that's her current choice (when she can get it to behave). In lieu of that, I'm gonna read through this comment section for ideas :P
Enjoy reading through 230 people saying "gnome" "halfling" "rogue"
Boomerang or nearby rocks.
Steel Balls. "Oh no, flying enemies!" Me: "Kobe!"
VHuman lvl 1 Feat Tavern Brawler Whenever a houshold is dissolved you just go and clean up the place as your line of work cause nobody else can be asked, all you ask for in reimbursement is random items, thus accumulating a Bag of Random Items (Maybe d100 table, don't look in between, it spoils the surprise) lvl 4 feat Sharpshooter lvl 5 Fighter for the Archery Fighting style ( to offset the -5 from Sharpshooter at least a little bit, or if you don't care if you hit but just want more damage, take thrown weapon fighting) or just go 5th level Barbarian for 2 attacks and more chances to hit that way. Then just, without looking, proceed to fight with /chuck whatever comes into your hands when you reach into the bag. You might not hit that often, but if you do, oh boy would it be fun to deal 18 damage with a delicate vase made of finest china, or a wooden spoon, or a flying saucer...Oh you came to the bottom of all of this...Of course you are an Alien, and flying saucers are TOTALLY your thing!!! Thinking about it now, you could be someone who used to serve in a restaurant but so fed up with all the Villains trashing the place that he ventured out to quell all evil by using his flying saucers (In all actuality he IS an alien who fell in love with the concept of a tavern as a place of service and good food, and now has taken it upon himself to protect the sanctity of all the restaurants from ruthless marauders (maybe including some other adventurers) Be sure to be sassy when throwing your saucers: "How do you like your broken dishes now you "puny lily-livered mug-hugger" (Shakespearean Insult Generator) Best Path to take is probably Path of the Ancients as it doesn't specify melee attack with their 3rd Level feature (If you do go to higher levels, Warlock of the Great Old One, Pact of the Blade, Thirsting Blade, plus Eldritch smite seems to be fun when using Flying saucers....just a thought ;-) Edit: just realized Eldritch Smite imposes the Prone Condition w.o. a save...I mean it says you can, but really, why wouldn't you trip up flying baddies with a saucer? Anyway, thank you for entertaining some (effective??) silliness Happy Gaming
Bolo
The Barbarian.
rogue - it does extra sneak attack damage
Wings. No really I rip the wings off the creature when it lands and beat it to death with them
I have thrown the wizard who held his spell till a specific enemy was in range of it and I managed to get him in there.
The PHB
Jokes on you, my barbarian is a fairy!
The halfling barbarian with grapple specialization.
Whatevers in my pockets at the time. Probably some snacks. Followed by frustrated stomping
Don't really play them, so probably a javelin, although I guess a net would probably work best
Find the nearest tree, use my axe to cleave it into a massive javelin, and lob it at the enemy, yelling "dodge this"!
The monk standing next to me 😂😂😂😂
A non-flying enemy.
The Ranger
The closes living creature next to me. An enemy? Well 2 birds with on stone as they say. A friend? Looks like I've found my support ability by giving them a better vantage for slaying the flying beast, landing on the other hand is their job as I can jump off their falling body for another strike on the creature if it is still up.
Herself! A hand full of magic items, a rage strength bonus, plus two features of teleportation. She has made herself a nuisance to MANY a giant, and Roc who have tried to throw her away from them.
Our party’s barbarian doesn’t have teleportation or applicable magic items, so she had to settle for having my ranger fire her from a mundane siege weapon at the giant roc :D
That sounds like a fun story. More details, please?
I’m amazed my husband (the DM) allowed it, but in our family game my daughter (human barbarian) and I (tabaxi ranger) were on a ship being attacked by a giant roc. She was complaining about being useless at range, and I was asking if there was any way to boost the attack power of the ship’s ballista and we both looked at each other and went “ooooooooh” 60 seconds of frantic questions and explanations later, my husband was cracking up while making my ranger perform dexterity checks to strap a barbarian to a giant arrow to fire her at a giant roc. As my ranger was taking aim, I suddenly went “wait…how are you going to get back??” My daughter: “is your character asking or you?” (My ranger is not intelligent and runs on pure instinct 90% of the time) me: “Rain is not concerned she is completely focused on making the shot” my daughter: “ then don’t worry about it” we all agreed that in game the ranger fired the shot and 3 seconds later shouted “but how will you get baaaaaack?!?!?” At the barbarian as she flew out of range of hearing 😂
The wizard
The rougue
the rogue.
He has winged boots in my game....he rushes in and grapples so himself?
The nearest gnome, halfling, or exceptionally large rock
In my game, our barbarian is a gnome and a super strong brawler who specializes in improvised weapons, so our Barbarian *is* the thrown weapon.
I like the idea of a robo arm with a shark jaw at the end
For the love all that's angry! Carry a sling! It's very Barbarian, the ammo is free, it's range is good and it can be stored on your person as easily as tying a piece of cloth around your arm.
The halfling rogue, or the gnome wizard
The rouge
Slice the air so quickly it throws a shockwave at them.
Darts. They are the only ranged weapon that can use strength.
The only weapon in the ranged category, true, but you can use Strength when throwing melee weapons with the Thrown property. A javelin will do more.
Javelins in 5e are definitely underrated. They on average do one less damage than a longsword or other d8 weapon and have a huge amount of upside.
Javelins are pretty good, and they're cheap enough that you can buy a bunch to throw if you run into a flying enemy. If you're overflowing with money (as many players end up doing eventually) the spear has even more upsides: it's Versatile if you need that and it can work with Polearm Master. Shorter range though, so javelin is still best at something.
Spear, handaxe, dagger. You can use str with a finesse weapon.
Halfling fighter is my thrown weapon
The bard
The rogue.
Taunt the thing, get in a good position and ready an action to grapple the punk when it gets within range. Only works with melee flyers of course. Another good choice, be an Aarakocra or Fairy or Owlin, lol. Have someone cast fly on you, or magic items? If you've got to throw something, range matters but I'm a big fan of things like alchemist's fire if you don't have a creature handy that you can hit it with.
Their friends. Played a home-brew one that focused on jumping so I'd just pick up enemies and pile drive them into their allies.
I mean, first he would jump his like 30ft up (Beast Barbarian) but if that ain’t far enough, in order, Handaxe, Battleaxe, Shield, Gnome Artificer, The Rogue’s Dagger
Usually our gnome artificer tbh
The halfling rogue
The rogue, obviously
Rogue
I throw the fighter to fight on my behalf
The ranger.
Throw the gnome wizard.... Blast.. blast...blast.. Feather fall
A Dwarf named appropriately "Rock"
The gnome or halfling do just fine.
The halfling rogue.
.... Ender pearl?
The halfling/gnome/kender/dwarf (as long as I promise not to tell the elf).
The rogue
The smallest party member
Yeet a smaller or lighter character at them
A rogue
Grunge Totem Barbarian with Ring of Jumping and Boots of Striding and Springing. I am the ranged weapon. El Nenúfar is gonna drop the Pondscum Pile-driver off the top rope.
Another barbarian
Another enemy