Fantasy Action Hero Backup Weapons - Page 5

Blood Legend · 07-16-2009, 11:36 AM

Most of us have been down this road. A good action hero is only as good as his emergency weapon in any genre. The first one always gets knocked out of his hand and kicked across the floor somehow.

I've dabbled in Crossbows, Knives, Hatchets, and sometimes a whole 'nother sword. But I can't seem to find one I like.

Sometimes you need to help out a friend while you're engaged in your own fight. One such event happened to me in a recent game where I played a ranger.

Assassins broke into our room after poisoning us with room service. The cleric goes down, but the ward and I are up and rearing to defend. A woman and an old man (possibly wizardly) break in. I'm trying to rack up the kill count as fast as I can now. I'm going toe-to-toe with the femme and she's getting stomped. My friend is having less luck so I pull out a knife on my turn to even the odds. I give it a good toss and to cut things short: it does crap, against an old man, an old man who isn't wearing much better than cloth armor. The words uttered "What kind of a ranger are you?" In jest out-of-game at the proceeding moment got me thinking...

Knives suck. Whats a good off-hand ranged weapon suitable for aiding friends having bad luck with the dice? It needs to be small, capable of practical holdout rolls, legal in most typical fantasy settings (dont ask me 'well it depends on your setting.' Have some imagination will ya? Guy walks into the inn in full plate armor for god's sake) and easily useable indoors.

Bonus points if I can use Gizmo on it.

07-16-2009, 11:36 AM	#1
Blood Legend Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Fine Line Between Black and White	Fantasy Action Hero Backup Weapons Most of us have been down this road. A good action hero is only as good as his emergency weapon in any genre. The first one always gets knocked out of his hand and kicked across the floor somehow. I've dabbled in Crossbows, Knives, Hatchets, and sometimes a whole 'nother sword. But I can't seem to find one I like. Sometimes you need to help out a friend while you're engaged in your own fight. One such event happened to me in a recent game where I played a ranger. Assassins broke into our room after poisoning us with room service. The cleric goes down, but the ward and I are up and rearing to defend. A woman and an old man (possibly wizardly) break in. I'm trying to rack up the kill count as fast as I can now. I'm going toe-to-toe with the femme and she's getting stomped. My friend is having less luck so I pull out a knife on my turn to even the odds. I give it a good toss and to cut things short: it does crap, against an old man, an old man who isn't wearing much better than cloth armor. The words uttered "What kind of a ranger are you?" In jest out-of-game at the proceeding moment got me thinking... Knives suck. Whats a good off-hand ranged weapon suitable for aiding friends having bad luck with the dice? It needs to be small, capable of practical holdout rolls, legal in most typical fantasy settings (dont ask me 'well it depends on your setting.' Have some imagination will ya? Guy walks into the inn in full plate armor for god's sake) and easily useable indoors. Bonus points if I can use Gizmo on it. __________________ . ( )( ) -This is The Overlord Bunny o(O.o)o -Master of Bunnies O('')('') -And Destroyer of the Hasenpfeffer "This is the sort of relatively small error that destroys planetary probes." ~Bruno Last edited by Blood Legend; 07-18-2009 at 01:14 PM.