User blog:Mr. Bambu/D&D Homebrew Calc: Yield Before My Shield

Premise
Why not. Aeltronex, a Human Paladin, crushed a skull with his shield. We'll calc it for shits and giggles. If we can.

Calc
I'm using V. Frag for this.

Compressive Strength of Bone is 170 MPa, or 170 j/cc for violently destroying it.

Human head weighs about 11 lbs, but about three pounds of that is the brain. So 8 lbs (3.63 kg) of bone.

Density of Bone is 3.88 g/cm^3 in males.

3630 g / 3.88 g/cm^3 = 935.57 cm^3 as the volume for the average skull. Note that this skull would be bigger as it belonged to a more animal-shaped figure, but still, good low-ball.

935.57 cm^3 x 170 j/cc = 159.05 Kilojoules, or Wall level. Good feat, just about within realms of reality. This was not with an actual weapon, keep in mind- it was with a shield of all things.

Tally
Aeltronex Crushes Skull: 0.04 kg of TNT, Wall level