Top 10 odd D&D weapons
Hypersmurf
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Whisper72 said:
You're better off throwing halflings. They get a +1 racial bonus to attack rolls when used as a thrown weapon. Plus, they're Light, so your TWF penalties are lower...
-Hyp.
Huw
First Post
No-one's mentioned the gae bolga? AFAIK, this hasn't been updated for 3e yet. It's a spear you throw with your feet and it used to do 1d8 damage (or 1d6/level if you had a certain proficiency from the Celts historical supplement).
Sorry to be pedantic, but the Scots were still in Ireland at the time.
Felix said:
Sorry to be pedantic, but the Scots were still in Ireland at the time.
Mark Hope
Adventurer
Yeah, I was always OK with the spiked armour, thanks to the Lambton Worm story (I'm from Durham and my family live in Chester-le-Street, which is where the Lambtons actually lived).
There is a particularly absurd Dark Sun weapon called the crusher (iirc), which is a huge stone ball on the end of a big, flexible stick. You plant the haft in the ground and then flail the end with the ball back and forward. The stone ball then comes whacking down on any enemies who aren't adjacent to you. I've always wondered how you stop them damn thing once you've gotten some good momentum up...
Like many gamers, I statted up the tri-bladed sword from Sword and the Sorcerer for use in my game (aside: Talon's mother was played by the aunt of a friend of mine). And the glaive from Krull. And the kepa from Beastmaster. And I'd have done Xena's whizzing frizbee of death, too, had that been around when I was 14...
There is a particularly absurd Dark Sun weapon called the crusher (iirc), which is a huge stone ball on the end of a big, flexible stick. You plant the haft in the ground and then flail the end with the ball back and forward. The stone ball then comes whacking down on any enemies who aren't adjacent to you. I've always wondered how you stop them damn thing once you've gotten some good momentum up...
Like many gamers, I statted up the tri-bladed sword from Sword and the Sorcerer for use in my game (aside: Talon's mother was played by the aunt of a friend of mine). And the glaive from Krull. And the kepa from Beastmaster. And I'd have done Xena's whizzing frizbee of death, too, had that been around when I was 14...
Mustrum_Ridcully
Hero
I believe even the non-returning kind is called boomerang (what would be the alternative: curved throwing stick?) ). I read that boomerangs used to hunt small birds actually return - if they miss their intented target.lukelightning said:
The D20 rules (in Eberron, at least) seem to be "relatively" realistic in that regard - on a hit, they don't return.
Deuce Traveler
Adventurer
I designed some weapons for the Sahasra mythos for DogSoul Publishing and was surprised to see some of the strange weapons from Indian hindu lore.
The whip dagger wasn't used, but they did have a knife that they would tie to the end of a rope or cord. They would spin the rope and approach an enemy, either slicing him during the spin, or whipping it with a hand motion so the blade headed right for the victim.
Although they didn't use antler's, they did use something called Fakir's Horns that could be connected to a shield. These were natural spear weapons and pretty sharp (perfect for druids in DnD). When a buckler/shield was connected to the spear of the horns, you wouldn't lose the weapon as long as you could hold onto the shield. When connected they would be called a Madu. I worked them in the .pdf. Another version of using the weapons from an animal was a crutch that older men could use as a bludgeon weapon, but that had another name. I think it was Fakir's crutches. I didn't use these as I felt that they wouldn't be as well liked as some of the other weapons.
They didn't have scorpion claws, but they did have a hand weapon that looked like brass knuckles with small blades attached. These were called Bagh Nakh or Tiger's Claws. I included them in the .pdf I did for Dog Soul.
Finally, they did use two-bladed swords during the day. They also created a dagger with two or three blades, which I also used in a .pdf. It was called a haladie. Check out this website that I used to help with my research:
http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/indianarms.htm
The whip dagger wasn't used, but they did have a knife that they would tie to the end of a rope or cord. They would spin the rope and approach an enemy, either slicing him during the spin, or whipping it with a hand motion so the blade headed right for the victim.
Although they didn't use antler's, they did use something called Fakir's Horns that could be connected to a shield. These were natural spear weapons and pretty sharp (perfect for druids in DnD). When a buckler/shield was connected to the spear of the horns, you wouldn't lose the weapon as long as you could hold onto the shield. When connected they would be called a Madu. I worked them in the .pdf. Another version of using the weapons from an animal was a crutch that older men could use as a bludgeon weapon, but that had another name. I think it was Fakir's crutches. I didn't use these as I felt that they wouldn't be as well liked as some of the other weapons.
They didn't have scorpion claws, but they did have a hand weapon that looked like brass knuckles with small blades attached. These were called Bagh Nakh or Tiger's Claws. I included them in the .pdf I did for Dog Soul.
Finally, they did use two-bladed swords during the day. They also created a dagger with two or three blades, which I also used in a .pdf. It was called a haladie. Check out this website that I used to help with my research:
http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/indianarms.htm
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