DanMcS said:That also works. Me and my silly science
I think they didn't bother including weight for a bunch of rocks because they figured most PCs would carry bullets, and if you run out, you don't so much pick up a pouchful of rocks as scrounge for them as you go, so weight isn't really an issue.
Nim said:Picture at My favorite part, though, is the bi...uid is [i]so[/i] going to do that ... :cool:
Nim said:Picture at http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/nikolas.lloyd/weapons/sling.html, by the way. Looks like the book weight (.5 pounds) doesn't match the historical weight (.15 - .2 pounds), but that's true of so many things it's not worth quibbling about
My favorite part, though, is the bit about how the used to write insulting messages to the enemy on the bullets....
Nim said:True. Though even sling stones are a pretty specific shape, like the bullets...sort of oblong, like a tiny football. Random rocks grabbed off the ground in a hurry would work in a pinch, but you'd have pretty bad aim. Call it a -4 nonproficiency penalty for using improvised ammunition.
SRD said:Sling: Your Strength modifier applies to damage rolls when you use a sling, just as it does for thrown weapons. You can fire, but not load, a sling with one hand. Loading a sling is a move action that requires two hands and provokes attacks of opportunity.
You can hurl ordinary stones with a sling, but stones are not as dense or as round as bullets. Thus, such an attack deals damage as if the weapon were designed for a creature one size category smaller than you and you take a –1 penalty on attack rolls.
Patryn of Elvenshae said:Or, use the rules actually in the book, and apply a -1 penalty to attack rolls and downsize the damage by one die size.