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<blockquote data-quote="Shade" data-source="post: 5732261" data-attributes="member: 287">Hoopak: The hoopak is probably the most well known of the kender weapons. It is typically a 3-foot staff made of hard yet supple wood that is forked at one end and has a metal tip at the other. The metal tip can be sharpened and the hoopak can be thrown like a shortspear. The hoopak can also be tuck into the ground so that missiles can be fired from the forked end like a slingshot. It can also be twirled over the head like a sling to launch sling bullets or stones, or it may be used as a traditional sling staff. A hoopak can be used as a double weapon, making one attack with the quarterstaff function and the other as a shortspear.&nbsp; Occasionally this type of weapon can be hollowed out to hold useful objects, like silk rope or stones for ammunition. As a tool the hoopak can be used to help a kender gather fruit from the lower branches of trees, like an apple picker. As a musical instrument the hoopak can be swung in a circle toemit a low bullroar.Function: A hoopak attacks as a quarterstaff, shortspear, or sling (bullets required) of equivalent size (Small for kender).Weapon Familiarity: Kender.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shade, post: 5732261, member: 287"] [B]Hoopak: [/B]The hoopak is probably the most well known of the kender weapons. It is typically a 3-foot staff made of hard yet supple wood that is forked at one end and has a metal tip at the other. The metal tip can be sharpened and the hoopak can be thrown like a shortspear. The hoopak can also be tuck into the ground so that missiles can be fired from the forked end like a slingshot. It can also be twirled over the head like a sling to launch sling bullets or stones, or it may be used as a traditional sling staff. A hoopak can be used as a double weapon, making one attack with the quarterstaff function and the other as a shortspear. Occasionally this type of weapon can be hollowed out to hold useful objects, like silk rope or stones for ammunition. As a tool the hoopak can be used to help a kender gather fruit from the lower branches of trees, like an apple picker. As a musical instrument the hoopak can be swung in a circle to emit a low bullroar. Function: A hoopak attacks as a quarterstaff, shortspear, or sling (bullets required) of equivalent size (Small for kender). Weapon Familiarity: Kender. [/QUOTE]

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