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Gameplay => Wish list => Topic started by: Kuiper7986 on February 20, 2004, 04:44:58 pm
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Here\'s not a stupid post, thank you very much :)
So you have longbows, crossbows, throwing axes, throwing knives, and light bows. Would it be bad to include boomerangs? I mean it is an ancient weapon just like the others. A Boomerang is fair as any other weapon and it gives more variety for ranged weapons. Boomerangs don\'t just have to come in the shape of the \"V,\" so there can be more variety.
If you can\'t reply without flaming please don\'t. Don\'t wanna start another post like the \"War of the guilds\" thing.
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Hehe...I was thinking the same thing actually...I wasn\'t gonna post anything about it....but since it\'s already here, why not? I think they\'d be an excellent weapon...you could also include chakras...that would be sweet...no more having to worry about ammo...
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boomerangs = good.. they would be considered better than, say, throwing knives as u wouldnt have to wander over + pick em up
also if there is a throwing skill this could affect the likelihood of it returning to your hand
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That would be cool...I\'m not sure if they\'ll do it, but they seem to already have a bunch of exotic weapons that you don\'t usually see in games, such as whips and nets, so what do a few more matter? ;)
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Originally posted by Deddarus
boomerangs = good.. they would be considered better than, say, throwing knives as u wouldnt have to wander over + pick em up
also if there is a throwing skill this could affect the likelihood of it returning to your hand
This is only true if you miss. If you hit the boomerang lies next to or sticks in the target.
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Good idea-yet impractical. It has already been said if you hit, your boomerang is gone. The boomering would have to be made of metal as well, as you would not accomplish much by throwing curved wood at an enemy. This would make the boomerang expensive as metal should not be as cheap as wood, therefore boomerang would be unpractical, just like in RL :P
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or a big heavy boomerang made out of the bones of some big strong monsters.
It simply slices weak enemies and return to you :)
ok, ok I admit it. I watched too much InuYasha :D
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I hate to tell you but if you have a good boomerang and are skilled with it, not only will it cause considerable damage, but will return to you...It is used for slashing, not piercing...It won\'t stick in them, it slashes them and keeps flying, then returns to you...
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I want to see people throwing rocks and whatever they can lift...
Boomerangs sound fine, although you all exaggerated a bit. ;)
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As well, there are multi-limbed boomerangs - they dont need the clasical \"V\" shape. They are X shapes and Y shapes as well; as long as the entire thing acts like a series of rotating wings, it\'ll work just fine because those rotating wings work well enough to generate lift.
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Originally posted by Dalec
Good idea-yet impractical. It has already been said if you hit, your boomerang is gone. The boomering would have to be made of metal as well, as you would not accomplish much by throwing curved wood at an enemy. This would make the boomerang expensive as metal should not be as cheap as wood, therefore boomerang would be unpractical, just like in RL :P
have you ever been hit by a boomerang? I got one of those crappy half inch thick ones that you get at museums and stuff and it still broke my wrist trying to catch it. There are stories all around australia of kids playing with real ones they get at flea markets and them breaking their own necks. You can take down a kangaroo at 40 yards away. I mean TAKE it down. Its neck will be shatered. Boomerangs should be pretty powerfull, at least as much as a good quarter staff. But it would be nice if you made some more ideas, making a post just for a boomerang is kinda sparse... :P
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I tried looking online, the only thing I found other than boomerangs and the ones in the game was a throwing brick.
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worried about ammo? cant you just shoot someone with arrows, and then when he is dead you loot his corpse, and that way get back all the arrows that you hit?
It will save some ammo, and people will sooner start shooting without being worried if they still have enough money later on to buy new ammo
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Whemy: Lol no I suppose I never have been hit by a boomerang. What you said about kids breaking their necks gave me an idea. If there was a boomerang, if your skill was low, you could take dmg on return based on how well you caught it (By chance). That could be cool, an expert boomerang user could possibly hit multiple targets with one shot, and almost never take damage on return.
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The boomerang may also be used to retrieve items.
BTW one time when i was smaller, i bought one of em ceap plastic boomerangs, and it put a gash in my ankle.
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- Depending on how/where you hit and what kind or arrows, it\'s not always possible to retrieve from a victim (it may be shattered, bent, etc.)
- Boomerangs are a great idea and are very deadly in the right hands. Game physics may not like it, but a \'general\' flying movement could definitely be implemented. It\'d be kewl to have 2 boom\'s on your back, rush towards an enemy while unsheating them, then launching them both - criss-crossing - at the enemy giving it two giant slashes across the chest.
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But if the enemy is good enough, shouldnt they be able to slash the bomerangs down with a sword or something?
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Originally posted by Ald\'Amun Dungeonrunner
I hate to tell you but if you have a good boomerang and are skilled with it, not only will it cause considerable damage, but will return to you...It is used for slashing, not piercing...It won\'t stick in them, it slashes them and keeps flying, then returns to you...
Maybe this is correct for some modern boomerangs with sharpened metal edges.
But the originals had a length ratio of around 3 to 1 of the arms and were used as throw and collect. The damage was the impact of the longer arm. A hit caused loss of kinetic energy and the boomerang didnt still flow after a hit.
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Lol, love the boomerang !
and that throwin\' cirkle thing xena has :)
and indeed yould be able to make evasive manouvres.
by the way, if you ever saw MAD-MAX, in one of the trilogies movies, you see a kid with a metal boomerang,
it\'s some alloy that is light and strong, it\'s razor sharp and if you try to catch it without the special armored glove, it slices your finger of.
Also throwing stones would be cool, that could also be used as a diversion for guards or some enemy.
and while we\'re at it, just for the sportsmanship, we can add frisbees too :-p
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I like the stones idea - one of those things that\'s just so cool on the RPing level.
To implement it, I\'d say the hardest thing would be picking up the stone. Instead of having stones all over the place that are objects, you could just have the player roll to see if they can find a stone, when they through it they have to roll to find it.
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Boomerangs would be awesome, though as Zinder said, It isnt realistic for it to come back after slashing through an opponent.
His is my vision on how it would work. You have all the various metels and shapes that affect the boomerangs damage and accuracy. When you throw the boomerang, you have the possibility to miis, or course, higher skill in this area decreases the chances of missing. If you do miss, you take a little damage catching it, also affected by your skill. If you hit your target, it will slash your target (not stick into your target) and fall to the ground where it could be retrieved.
It would do more damage than a throwing knife and can be caught if missed at the price of damage to yourself when caught.
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Boomerangs, bolas, potion vials, yo-yo?s?well not exactly throwing, slings (I mean slings and not wrist rockets) staff slings, blowguns, throwing stars (can never remember how to spell shurikens), caltrops, poisoned powder, rocks and all the things in between will be considered at some point. But, that is not to say we will have it, simply we will look into it when it is appropriate.
Right now it is not. And it is way premature to say what will be in the game and what will not as far as projectile weapons go?.other then chemically propelled projectile weapons, as for lasers and magnetically propelled?well we?ll leave that to the mages :-)
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Another throwing weapon great is the \'javelin\'... you know, those big throwing sticks, yeah...
It will be so nice to see someone with a stick craved in the chest =)
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okay what exactly is a chakra? i tried googling it but i only found some sort of points system leading down from the head.and what is a bola, i also tried googling it but i only found pictures of basketballs and baseballs and footballs et cetera
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damn double post :) please delete this
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Chakra? You don\'t see \"Xena, the warrior princess\"? A Chakra is a metal hoop with edge, you trow it and it retur like a boumerang.
You know what is a Kunai? Is a tipical ninja weapon, is like a little knife for trow.
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you mean that ring thing that Xena throws and you can control it?
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The xena thingy isn\'t shaped like a boomerang so it has a different spin. therefore it will not return to you. Xena is just hardcore and bounces it off stuff till it returns.
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back on topic, i agree with the boomerang idea. this is the kind of boomerang i would like
Taken from the Discworld novel, The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett
He was also holding a boomerang, and it wasn\'t one of those toy ones that came back. This was one of those big, heavy. gently curved sort that didn\'t come back because it was sticking in something\'s ribcage. You could laugh at the idea of a wooden weapon until you saw what kind of wood grew here.
yeah thats the kind of boomerang i want :D
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The boomerangs the Indiginous Australians used were commonly used for hunting along with crude spears. They could kill a large animal like a kangaroo or a wallaby if used by a skilled hunter. From what I know about traditional boomerangs one side of the \"V\" was longer than the other. This is not to say that it negated all chance of the weapon returning to the direction of the thrower if it did not hit the target.
I think it needs clarify which way the boomerang rotates. Please excuse my extremely poor drawing.
(http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3672/direction.JPG)
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Boomerangs are a great idea. A chakrim is what Zena throws. Chakra or \'the chakra\' is related to spiritual maters.
sha-krim from Sanskrit cakra Lit.Wheel:
A chakrim is a disc with a hole in the center of it, which is sharpened on both the inside and the out or just the out. It was fired at the opponent either as a Frisbee is thrown today or by spinning it around a stick/finger and releasing it at the opponent. I hear that both of these methods take a great deal of practice.
My favorite is the traditional spin sling, which can hurl rocks or stones at a target with speeds greater than one hundred miles per hour ( > 163.9344KPH).
:)
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How about pikes and spear swords.
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...Or sword-chucks :rolleyes:
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To the idea of yo-yos as weapons ... May I add a little something about it ? Ancient Phinekian soldiers used it as their weapon ... And they gave hell aot of troubles to their enemies with it .. As far as I know ...
In game it could be one handed , low demmage weapon , but with high spead and distance ... I mean yo-yos arn\'t ranged weapons ... It should be melle weapon with a long distance , like spear or halbert ...
To boomerang\'s idea : Boomerang is a good idea , but it\'s a game and there is no need to make a realistick phisicks in it ... Wel , I mean it should be , but it should be turned in a favor of gameplay and interest ... It would be wise to make a probability of weapon , not returning to you ...For example if you\'re a low level with it , there could be a good chance of weapon , falling near the target , after it would hit him ... or just falling on the ground withoutof hitting mob :D
And there should be no dammege after weapon returned ...
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This made me think of the Predator\'s disc weapon in Predator 2 and the games. The boomarang could be \"magicly enchanted to always return to its owner. Though your skill in throwing could determine whether you can chatch it without hurting yourself. When you throw your boomarang, you throw your weapon so you can wait for it to return or bring out another weapon. Of course the boomerang will always return to you so if you have another weapon drawn, you have a penalty to your chance of catching it, so you\'re more likely to hurt yourself, or if you are holding a two-handed sword(or sword and shield) you have pretty much a no chance of catching it and you\'ll end up severly hurting yourself.
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name: bamboo shoot - dart thrower - ect....
hello i have a new idea for a ranged weapon,its based on bamboo shoots that anceint people once used to blow posion darts out of.
apperance: a long wooden tube that shoots small posionus darts out of one end,more expensive versions of this weapon could be crafted out of metals and the darts and poisons used would be obviously more powerful,maybe even elite dartsmen could fire multiple darts at once out of the same bamboo shoot
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btw some one posted on having yo-yo\'s as a weapon................GROW UP!! as if!!!! \"king arthor the great melee warrior weilding his mighty YO-YO!!!\" i dont think so!!!!
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\"yo-yos\" don\'t have to be kids toys. Put a few blades on a large, heavy yo-yo and perhaps make the \"string\" have some sharp bits and it would be a truly nasty, entangling weapon.
................GROW UP!! as if!!!!
Some of us believe that maturity is inversely proportional to the number of consecutive exclamation marks used :P
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Please don\'t double post.
Yo-Yos can be used as weapons.
Take a fan for example. If you use razors to make it, it becomes a deadly weapon (yes, it was used as a weapon).
For crying out loud, people even used rice bags as weapons! Even Fishes!!
So I cannot see why a Yo-Yo would be childish. Think again. String --> Chokes person. Heavy yoyo --> Knocks down. Doesn\'t sound childish to me ;)
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ok saying theres some huge creature to fight....be realistic,a yo yo cant do anything to it.
realism is something alot of people like to see in games,even fantasy games where nothing is really real,im sorry but i cant see how a yo-yo can have any effect on any type of creature,u stick blades on a yo-yo in real life,go upto a turtle and see if u can hurt it....not very likely,so immagine a huge ogre or something,with a massive club.....and u have a tiny toy as a weapon,pathetic.
so in real life if u cant kill any creature with a yo-yo expect maybe ants and snails...how are u might to kill any large creature? and weapons in any mmo are taken from the ideas of real weapons,and no man in history was stupid enough to go into battle with a yo-yo.
and im not prepeared to reply to desperate yo-yo geeks who are just about to make up some story of a yo-yo weilding warrior in real life cuz theres no way its true,the closest thing to a yo-yo in battle was a flail,and thats nothing like a yo-yo,but its the closest thing u\'ll get to one.
picture your self spinning a yo-yo up and down....then picture a huge ogre infront of u or dragon,and u hit it with this yo-yo.....its gunna laugh at u.
and another thing a \"large heavey\" yo-yo wouldnt be able to spin off the string into the enemy,it\'d fall straight to the floor,more than likely hitting urself in the leg.
some one also posted on havin a yo-yo that entangles,u mean wraps around the target? ...whats that gunna do to an armoured target or even an unarmoured target,it\'d jus wrap around them like it does to a metal pipe,they\'d grab it with one hand so u cant attack no more,then stab u with the other hand...game over.
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U can kill a person with a yoyo if you wrap the cord round their neck or crack their skull.
Originally posted by boutus
btw some one posted on having yo-yo\'s as a weapon................GROW UP!! as if!!!! \"king arthor the great melee warrior weilding his mighty YO-YO!!!\" i dont think so!!!!
Yes but none of his knights had wings, was made of stone or was an endukai
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Originally posted by Boutus and u have a tiny toy as a weapon,pathetic.
Not quite, Yo-Yos were originally weapons! :D :D
What are you smoking boutus??!!
The whole point of Yo-Yos was that they ambushed, so you didn\'t know someone was there until you\'re on the ground with the brains leaking out of your skull.
And out of Yo-Yos originated the.......... bolus. A thrown weapon when, used correctly, it tripped your target. It works better if your target is running.
I would like to see them implement that!
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LOOOL READ A HISTORY BOOK YOU CHILD!!
no one has EVER.....EVER!!! used a yo-yo in battle,just listen to wot your saying,and how the hell can a yo-yo ambush some one?? its about 3 ft long....and to the idiot who said rap it round a neck,wot kind of world do u live in??? a fantasy one? no yo-yo can ever break some ones neck let alone a monsters
yo-yo\'s are toys and ive got and had some of the best MMO\'s that are on the market and i also play some beta\'s and none are stupid enough to put yo-yo\'s in there game,it takes maturity out of the game,it\'d make me feel like im playing a kids game.
Edited for language.
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Do you have a little brother? Have you EVER been hit in the head by a Yo-Yo? Also, you can spin a heavy yo-yo, since you know so much, shouldn\'t you study some physics? Bolus? So that is the name for that little thingy? Well, that helped people to kill their enemies many times. Fans are weapons, Yo-Yos are weapons, for crying out loud, books are weapons! Even rice bags! Or dead bodies! What about cows?!?!? You probably won\'t see Yo-Yos in the human history simply because it was not a weapon made to be used in battlefields. You don\'t see a spy using a warhammer either! The Yo-Yo string really was used to strangulated people.Why don\'t YOU go read some history? Prisioners would kill each other with pencils, people would literally thrown diseased people inside enemie\'s castles, even poo was used to kill people (poison).
Originally posted by boutus
wot kind of world do u live in??? a fantasy one?
As far as I can see, the members who posted here live in the real world but are giving ideas for a fantasy game.
Also, stop being such a jerk. Otherwise you can expect people to just ignore you.
About the mmorpgs you played... they did not include a character system that involved skills instead of levels right? Nor the developers would hear the community members this much, or would they? These games would probably demand that you played hours and hours, just to keep competitive?? And you paid for that? Was there any roleplay? Were these mmorpgs different from each other? Were the people of these mmorpgs as rude as you are? How many types of weapons were there? Which mmorpgs?
What you call the best I might think as the worst ones, so better know which ones you are talking about...
Also, maybe they would not know how to implement it.
PS: Phew, sorry about that people, I got mad.
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Yes your usual ideas are bad, very very bad, but I\'ll at least give you this, Not bad acually!
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boutus- if your still bothered about yoyo\'s after what fortex said dont think of them as yoyos thinks of them as small, long flails made of varying materials
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I could see Yo-yo\'s as a weapon. Anything could be a weapon, Yo-yo\'s wouldn\'t be too bad.
Haha, I can see my char (a assassin or thief) sneaking through the shadows of his target\'s house. The man is sitting in a large chair smoking a pipe and staring into the fire. I have two choices: Either I wind up and give him a nice hard well placed hit on the back of his head and knock him out or extend it, make a loop and hold onto the large heavy end and wrap it around his neck to strangulate him.
It\'s a very plausable weapon.
Just because you think it\'s a toy Boutus, doesn\'t mean in a completely different world it can\'t be used as a weapon.
Think of a large metal yoyo type deal imbeded with spikes and held for the string some strong metal cord like material.
Oh and boomerangs could be very useful as weapons, the first people who used it didn\'t mean for it to come back it was just a fluke how the thing was shaped... I watched wild boys one time and chris threw a big african one, here it comes flying at him, BOOM hits him right on the head an knocks him right off his feet. He\'s sitting there bleeding from his wound... It was funny.
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Originally posted by FlippySeal
Originally posted by Boutus and u have a tiny toy as a weapon,pathetic.
Not quite, Yo-Yos were originally weapons! :D :D
What are you smoking boutus??!!
The whole point of Yo-Yos was that they ambushed, so you didn\'t know someone was there until you\'re on the ground with the brains leaking out of your skull.
And out of Yo-Yos originated the.......... bolus. A thrown weapon when, used correctly, it tripped your target. It works better if your target is running.
I would like to see them implement that!
Uhm, a bolus is the scientific term for the moist, saliva saturated ball of food that is formed into a ball by your tongue right before you swallow... although, if you were just about to swallow a large amount of particularly pungent garlic, I can see how it could be used as a weapon...
josePhoenix
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I believe he meant that weapon composed of two balls and a string. ( O---O ). Since I don\'t realy know it\'s name in english I can only suppose that this is what he meant.
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Firstly
Main Entry: bo?lo
Pronunciation: \'bO-(\")lO
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural bolos
Etymology: PhilSpanish
: a long heavy single-edged knife of Philippine origin used to cut vegetation and as a weapon
Though I see no connection between that and a Yo-Yo. Perhaps he was refering to a Main Entry: bo?la
Pronunciation: \'bO-l&
Variant(s): or bo?las /-l&s/
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural bolas /-l&z/; also bo?las?es
Etymology: American Spanish bolas, from Spanish bola ball
: a cord with weights attached to the ends for throwing at and entangling an animal
Secondly maby we should refrain from calling something a weapon just because it can be used to harm. There are loads of \'items\' that have no \'warfare\' aspect while there are many that do. Now if you want to make a \'War Yo-Yo.\" I\'m all for it. I think that something like that would be a great, unique item. But lets call an orange and orange and an apple an apple.
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so bola is the right name...
Anyway, yo-yos were weapons at first. Bt of course, let\'s keep reasonable items here. I don\'t want to see people using fish to beat each other. Althought, Yo-Yos, Fans, Boomerangs, Bolas, shuriken among many others would be a very nice add-on.
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i love the idea of a war yoyo, that is just funny. another idea for a ranged weapon is a spear thrower. austrailian aboriginees(and others) used them to great effect. basically a 3 feet stick with a cup on one end, you put the back end of the spear in the cup, and the spear thrower effectively lengthens your arm, adding more leverage and power(range and damage)
I\'m also liking the idea of blowguns, shurikens, warfans, what about thrown darts?
Jessyn
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I actually went to Wikipedia to find information to shut the very abusive person above up, but found that he (though he brought his point accross in a very inappropriate and flammable manner) was actually right. It would seem there is not historical information to back up the theory of the yo-yo beginning as a weapon.
Contrary to popular myth, there is no evidence that the yo-yo is derived from, nor even existed in any form intended for use as, a weapon. As anyone who plays can assure you, that while the force generated by a yo-yo could indeed be rendered deadly with the addition of sharpened edges, the difficulty of safely retrieving it would render such a device somewhat impractical. This rumor likely originated in the Philippines, where the historical record shows that hunters in the 16th century used sharp rocks with strings attached to kill prey from trees. The modern yo-yo began to be developed there at around this time, which is probably the source of confusion.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-yo for more information
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I actually went to Wikipedia to find information to shut the very abusive person above up, but found that he (though he brought his point accross in a very inappropriate and flammable manner) was actually right. It would seem there is not historical information to back up the theory of the yo-yo beginning as a weapon.
Contrary to popular myth, there is no evidence that the yo-yo is derived from, nor even existed in any form intended for use as, a weapon. As anyone who plays can assure you, that while the force generated by a yo-yo could indeed be rendered deadly with the addition of sharpened edges, the difficulty of safely retrieving it would render such a device somewhat impractical. This rumor likely originated in the Philippines, where the historical record shows that hunters in the 16th century used sharp rocks with strings attached to kill prey from trees. The modern yo-yo began to be developed there at around this time, which is probably the source of confusion.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-yo for more information. This said, I would agree that this would indeed be a very interesting weapon if implemented properly (i.e. not actually as a yo-yo, but something based on it).
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Have anyone seen the James Bond movies. I recall a assination attempt on james bond where he was sleeping, and a bad guy above him had a Yo-Yo with sharp saw like edges. Of course James Bond could escape :). But it is an example of how the Yo-Yo could be used as a assasination weapon.
Some of you can say that James Bond is not the real world. But so is Planeshift :). What mathers is how usefull a Yo-Yo weapon can be. If it exist or not. How can it be used it battle, or in assasinations.
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the boomerang is a cool idea.
being an auzzie i have owned and used them and there are several different types. (even though all mine are lost down the bush)
the v shaped ones will return if they dont hit anything. they are made from solid wood and will kill you if you get hit you in the head. if they kill you, they will just break your ribs or knock you down and you wont be able to move.
there is a larger type of boomerang and is shaped like a number 7 and are about a metre in height and are quite heavey and will knock down a large kangaroo to the ground and will paralize it. this type of boomerang does not return.
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A yo-yo is a weak blunt weapon and to make it an effective weapon you are making it just as deadly to the user
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The boomerang idea is great, it can be a terrifying thing to use (I\'m an Auzzie too :) ).
I\'m no expert on them of course I just remember as a kid playing with one, it was a heavy thing to use but glided through the air with a heavy whoosh sound. They can be quite scarey to use too. I\'ll never forget my brother being hit by one though, considering the type of boomarang its lucky he has a hard head :D. Which isn\'t so funny really the next time it hit a tree breaking a thick branch off (it would have killed someone if it connected) I guess its all in the throw.
The longer sided boomerang spoken about earlier is a non-returning design. The traditional returning design is a curved or v shape.
There are also sports boomerangs that have more 3 blades or more or hooked edges. Called hook, twister etc and so forth whatever name the company wants they could be interesting too... especially the use of lead weights etc to a traditonal weapon.
Also the returning of a boomerang is not always certain, mostly it comes down to the way it is thrown, requiring a twist of the wrist on release.
My point besides supporting the creation of such a weapon or a weapon based on the boomerang is to say it has various forms and uses worth investigating.
I saw earlier the mention of a Bola, a weapon I recognise and would also like to see. Its sole purpose is to entangle and bring down a beast/target. While not a lethal weapon its uses could be interesting in capturing of targets and may cause damage to legs :) slowing targets.
As for the yo-yo... I don\'t think there is a simple answer to its origin for instance it can be found throughtout the world in various forms. In China about 1000 BC (Diabolo), greece around 500 bc (a delicate ceramic design similar to todays types). One thing is for certain they are all toys. In the Philippines it may have had origins as been a weapon. But besides the physics of the oversized yo-yo casting it immediately under a suspicious light it would appear \'the weapon origins\' may have been a marketing campaign around the 1930\'s - 1940\'s.
The name yo-yo is from Tagalog (the main language in the Philippines) and there is no doubt the yo-yo toy we know has its origins there, by this I mean the inclusion of looping the string around the axle allowing the yo-yo to rest at the end of the string. Anyway my point is, ditch the name, its the name of a kids toy. However use the concept and design your own, work out if its a blunt or spiked weapon and write it up etc
My poorly constructed example :
Name : Devils (<- maybe replace with appropriate creature in planeshift like \'Tremor\' or what have you) Tongue
Description : A hand sized loop with a strong chain attacted connected at the other end to a spindle inside an outer two halved shell. The outer shell is attached to the spindles sides and curves around most of the spindle itself, leaving only a slightly larger then chain width opening for the chain. The hand loop attaches into a slot along the chain opening ( where the chain is wrapped around ) and clicks into a simple locking mechanism. Thus weapon is carried \'locked\' looking like a loop connected to a spiked or bladed ball. In more elaborate designs the spikes/blades are retracted until the chain unlockes, also larger designs have the hand inside the ball holding a bar.
Use : If a strong enough force, such as a throw action occurs the locking mechanism releases and the ball can unwind. If used correctly the ball flies at its target bludgeoning them and if bladed slicing them. The weapon now acts as a ball and chain (if you\'ve ever seen \'Salute of the Jugger\' you\'ll know how effective a chain can be when swung, then add in a ball full spikes/blades ;D. Anyway it can also be used to disarm targets (wrap around a sword/axe and pull it away) or entangle legs or choke if skilled enough. After combat it is wound back up and locked.
Pros : easy to carry, range, ability to disarm/entangle.
Cons : hard to use, in most cases effective against one target only. Wound up after combat, takes time.
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I had a boomeang once... I was pretty good with it too but it needed the biggest field in the world to make the \"U\" shape to come back