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How do you handle slings in your games?
Having been interested in slings for a while now, I find it curious that the deadly weapon of the ancient past is a low tier weapon in fe. D&D. And the ammunition weight is pretty ridiculous as well, making 5 stones or bullets weigh just one coin (ie. 1/10th of a pound, or around 50g, making one bullet just 10g). The ancient slingers used ammunition that weighed even 250g, though it was more common to use around 150g or 100g bullets, which is 10-15 times heavier. Pictured are a 10g and 150g stones. You'd have to shoot the tiny one pretty fast for it to do even that 1d4 of damage 😅 and the heavier one, well if it hits you squarely in the noggin at 160km/h, I think it would do a bit more than that.
u/Hashishiva — 1 day ago