It's a fantasy role-playing game.

DM: You are Beauregard Lionett called Beau, a human monk . You are the member of the famous group of adventurers. Previously,  Having learned all that they can about Fjord's odd incident, the party embarks on their second day of travel.
DM: Here we go. You just make a ranged attack with it, so roll a d20, add your dexterity modifier and your proficiency modifier, so same as any of your other attacks, because it counts as a monk weapon.
Player: Okay, 16.
DM: 16 hits. It takes 1d8, so roll 1d8, plus two.
Player: Four. Four damage total.
DM: All right. I wonder, does it add your damage bonus to it, or the original weapon, because it is your strength throwing it back. Pardon me, folks, while we're figuring out new abilities they can use.
Player: You make the attack with proficiency and the missile counts as a monk weapon for the attack.
DM: It is your attack, so you get to add your dex bonus.
Player: So six total.
DM: All right, so six points of damage. You watch as the arrow just sinks into the chest of its thick hide armor. (snarling)
Player: I go Hah! Ooh.
DM: The other ones that are throwing stuff onto the cart hear this commotion and turn around and look at you. Three of them continue just throwing stuff onto the cart faster, while the one that's immediately in front of you spins around and stands tall. You can see it looking down at you a full foot and a half, almost two feet taller than you. (snarling) It's going to go ahead and grabs a spear off the side of the wall that it had leaning against and it's going to try to thrust it at you. It still has disadvantage on the attack, though, because you're in your stance. That's 16.
Player: Miss.
DM: This one, as it goes and thrusts with the spear, coming off of the adrenaline of the deflected missile, you duck low, and then kick the spear up, which slams into the top of the door frame and completely misses you. He's now stepping into the door frame, completely filling it as you're backing up into your space, and the two of you are in this very intense, small, occupied block.
