[MA/HT] Innocuous Improvised Weapons

Prince Charon · 03-22-2020, 07:15 AM

Depending on the era, a good-quality slide rule of sufficient size could be used as a SHORT BATON (IIRC, this was mentioned in Steampunk, or possibly one of the High-Tech editions), and would be completely innocuous if you look nerdy enough. Of course, it probably wouldn't be a very good slide rule afterward.

Also depending on the era, some laptop batteries would work as (fairly heavy) SHORT BATONs. I know, because my first laptop had a battery of that type (long, balanced, and shaped like a thick, flattened cylinder), though fortunately, I was never put in a position to need to confirm its utility at a weapon. I wouldn't want to put it back in the laptop after using it in a fight, though.

03-22-2020, 07:15 AM	#15
Prince Charon Join Date: Dec 2012	Re: [MA/HT] Innocuous Improvised Weapons Depending on the era, a good-quality slide rule of sufficient size could be used as a SHORT BATON (IIRC, this was mentioned in Steampunk, or possibly one of the High-Tech editions), and would be completely innocuous if you look nerdy enough. Of course, it probably wouldn't be a very good slide rule afterward. Also depending on the era, some laptop batteries would work as (fairly heavy) SHORT BATONs. I know, because my first laptop had a battery of that type (long, balanced, and shaped like a thick, flattened cylinder), though fortunately, I was never put in a position to need to confirm its utility at a weapon. I wouldn't want to put it back in the laptop after using it in a fight, though. __________________ Warning, I have the Distractible and Imaginative quirks in real life. "The more corrupt a government, the more it legislates." -- Tacitus Five Earths, All in a Row. Updated 12/17/2022: Apocrypha: Bridges out of Time, Part I has been posted.