Peasant Railgun Exploit Explained

The Peasant Railgun is a D&D 5e exploit that hires 2,280 peasants to pass a dismantled ladder pole over two miles in 6 seconds to deal 300d6 damage in one round.

It leverages the Ready action, reaction timing, falling object rules, and medium creature space to calculate extreme acceleration and damage under RAW.

Real-life physics issues—like peasants’ low hit points, reaction limits, and aiming difficulties—make the tactic impractical despite RAW allowing it.

Most Dungeon Masters will forbid the Peasant Railgun, though the rule of cool could allow it as a humorous one-shot scenario.