#I had to scrap the original part b for the sake of easier math

[yumekuimono]

welp... I did the thing ^^;

I present to you:

WITCHER PHYSICS

the conclusion being, in an ideal system, if a 16m high catapult can launch a 4kg pumpkin 750m, then a 64kg witcher in the same catapult a) would travel 188m, b) would hit the ground with a force of 6,294N, and c) given good form on the landing, would probably be fine!

you know, it's only a matter of time until the Cranes invent the Scientific Method, and then both Calculus and Physics

at least their example problems would be fun! for example: This catapult can launch a pumpkin with mass X a distance of Y meters. If we load a Cat Witcher (mass Z) in there instead a) how far would he be launched? b) assuming the experiment takes place on level ground, what maximum height would he achieve? c) how much force would he be subjected to upon landing? how likely is he to be injured from the force alone? (see Appendix A for a table of estimated forces and the resulting injuries incurred)

then when all the trainees hand in their work, the Crane professor is like, "great! now let's test it out and see who got the right answers! Kiyan has volunteered to assist us today..."

(the inhabitants of Kaer Morhen are probably relieved when the Cranes focus on catapulting very simple, ideal objects, with lots of scribbling and plotting of graphs in between each trial, because they're trying to nail down the basic formulas. this is, however, followed by a phase in which they launch the *weirdest* shaped objects they can find while trying to figure out things like Air Resistance and Rotation)

All of this is glorious.