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<LI><em>From</em>: Matt Chatterley <<A HREF="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 20:32:57 +0000 (GMT)</LI>
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On Fri, 18 Jul 1997 clawrenc#cup,hp.com wrote:
> at 08:13 AM, Matt Chatterley <root#mpc,dyn.ml.org> said:
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> >Bola (and even nets) are probably very dangerous in the right hands -
> >and a very good way to bring down an opponent while you're chasing
> >him.
>
> Read up on the old Roman gladiators. Look out for the guys with net
> and trident. They were *quite* effective.
The Roman gladiators were pretty darned effective in any case.. at least
the good (read: surviving) ones. Something of a testament to 'natural
selection' in an albeit brutal context. Weapons which immobilise the
opponent temporarily are often overlooked in mud combat (perhaps because
it doesnt fit the romantic one-on-one-with-swords-clashing notion?)
> >Boomerangs? Well.. being hit by 'em would hurt, I imagine. ;)
>
> The Australian aboriginees had war boomerangs not only hurt, but broke
> arms, legs, necks, and regularly killed with a single blow. Such
> boomerangs did not return to the thrower however.
Ouch.
> >> Chinese used sort of giant Roman Candles early in the gunpowder era.
>
> >Don't forget, even if you're working pre-gunpowder, you can still use
> >cannons - if you can reason a way that they might have been crafted,
> >and function by magic.
>
> One of my favourite D&D stories involves a campaign where the resident
> wizard brought along a small sack of pebbles. The pebbles turned out
> to be magically minaturised/encpasulated objects of various types:
"Uh oh.."
> like a compleat galleon, a house, a castle, huge casks of wine, very
> large boulders, horses, armour, wagons, clothing etc. The wiz as
> happens died early in the campaign, however not before one of the
> other players had noticed and learned how to "release" the contents of
> the pebbles by crumblinb them. Later on, when the party was under
> severe attack by a large army they took to slinging the pebbles at the
> enemy.
LOL!
> A band of Orcs runs at you screaming and waving their swords!
> Bubba throws a small stone at them.
> The stone turns into a small galleon with all sails set!
> Crash! The galleon smashes into the ground!
> The Orcs are gone.
LOL! I love that one. Makes my tales of paultry screaming stones,
lightning arrows and explosive blow-darts pale in comparison. :)
Regards,
-Matt Chatterley
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<LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] Source data on Crossbow</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00175" HREF="msg00175.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Source data on Crossbow</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Fri 18 Jul 1997, 08:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00166" HREF="msg00166.html">[MUD-Dev] Source data on Crossbow</A></strong>,
Cynbe ru Taren <a href="mailto:cynbe#laurel,actlab.utexas.edu">cynbe#laurel,actlab.utexas.edu</a>, Thu 17 Jul 1997, 23:49 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00179" HREF="msg00179.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Source data on Crossbow</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Fri 18 Jul 1997, 13:19 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00191" HREF="msg00191.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Source data on Crossbow</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Sat 19 Jul 1997, 02:01 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00198" HREF="msg00198.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Source data on Crossbow</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Sat 19 Jul 1997, 02:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00201" HREF="msg00201.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Source data on Crossbow</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Sat 19 Jul 1997, 03:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00206" HREF="msg00206.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Source data on Crossbow</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Sun 20 Jul 1997, 02:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00209" HREF="msg00209.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Source data on Crossbow</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Sun 20 Jul 1997, 08:27 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00210" HREF="msg00210.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Source data on Crossbow</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Sun 20 Jul 1997, 14:30 GMT
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