Slings, realistic physics, The Deadly Spring

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by vicky_molokh

Sorry for being the one to ruin your party, but wouldn't this ruin the way sling damage (both penetration and wounding) compares to thrown weapons, woomeras, and swung/thrusting mêlée weapons?

Pretty much all ST-based weapons have questionable damage physics; bows just happen to be the easiest to analyze because the biomechanics don't matter, you can get the same results from a mechanical crank pulling the string.