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Post by BonesMcCoy on Aug 4, 2005 21:29:58 GMT -5
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Post by Semaj The Silent on Aug 4, 2005 22:52:43 GMT -5
Hey! Romans playing lawn darts!
Could be...dunno. I've never really seen darts used in a D&D game in my recollection, so I've never thought about it.
If you don't mind, I'll link that pic to a question to him over at DF.
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Post by TheDungeonDelver on Aug 4, 2005 23:15:10 GMT -5
Hey! Romans playing lawn darts! Could be...dunno. I've never really seen darts used in a D&D game in my recollection, so I've never thought about it. If you don't mind, I'll link that pic to a question to him over at DF. Holy cats, every time my father-in-law plays AD&D as a magic user he's like a frigging Uzi with the darts. Between 1st and 3rd level he's like "Spellcasting? Are you nuts?!"  |
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Post by francisca on Aug 5, 2005 0:22:45 GMT -5
Here's a site of a Roman re-enactor that features Roman plumbatae; possibly what EGG had in mind for AD&D darts? I think that's very much what Gary had in mind. |
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Post by BonesMcCoy on Aug 5, 2005 0:52:34 GMT -5
Well if that is what he had in mind then the 3/rnd ROF seems a bit excessive. They don't seem so much easier to throw than hurling an axe or chucking a spear. And the damage is low too, 1-3/1-2 seems a little weak for them. But then the crossbow is screwed up too and as DD said, darts are pretty much mandatory for low-level MUs to have a little oomph. I guess it all works out fine in the end but if I were re-doing AD&D I think I'd leave out the darts altogether.
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Post by northrundicandus on Aug 5, 2005 5:50:44 GMT -5
I started an OD&D game last night. The M-U player asked about darts - I said none existed since they weren't on the equipment chart.
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Post by Gandalf Istari on Aug 5, 2005 16:26:36 GMT -5
You know I could swear there's a picture in a 1e book that depicts gnomes or some other small race throwing darts that look like these Bones, but I'll be darned if I can find it.
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Post by blackprinceomuncie on Aug 5, 2005 16:40:03 GMT -5
You know I could swear there's a picture in a 1e book that depicts gnomes or some other small race throwing darts that look like these Bones, but I'll be darned if I can find it. Are you thinking of the picture of the Spriggan? I forget whether it's in the MM2 or FF, but I think the Spriggan is shown as holding a dart of some kind. |
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Post by Gandalf Istari on Aug 5, 2005 16:47:06 GMT -5
You know I could swear there's a picture in a 1e book that depicts gnomes or some other small race throwing darts that look like these Bones, but I'll be darned if I can find it. Are you thinking of the picture of the Spriggan? I forget whether it's in the MM2 or FF, but I think the Spriggan is shown as holding a dart of some kind. Spriggan is in the MM2, but he's holding some kind of axe or polearm. The Buckawn in the MM2 is holding a dart in one hand and a short sword or dagger in the other. That dart does look like the one Bone posted though, albeit scaled to size for the Buckawn. Still, that Buckawn picture wasn't the one I was thinking of either. Something keeps popping in my head of a bunch of little guys, with a couple of them throwing darts at some monster. I can't quite get clearly where this image is coming from. Maybe the martians are beaming thoughts into my head again... |
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Post by Semaj The Silent on Aug 5, 2005 16:56:20 GMT -5
Gary said they were the same item, so there you go.  |
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Post by foster1941 on Aug 5, 2005 17:01:31 GMT -5
Something keeps popping in my head of a bunch of little guys, with a couple of them throwing darts at some monster. I can't quite get clearly where this image is coming from. I'm pretty sure you're thinking of the jermlaine illo in module D1 (also in D1-2). |
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Post by Gandalf Istari on Aug 5, 2005 17:08:53 GMT -5
Something keeps popping in my head of a bunch of little guys, with a couple of them throwing darts at some monster. I can't quite get clearly where this image is coming from. I'm pretty sure you're thinking of the jermlaine illo in module D1 (also in D1-2). Another pic of AD&D darts! But not the one I keep thinking of. Gnomes are some other small race, wearing helmets, fighting or running from some monsters. Underground I think. It'll come to me about 3 AM probably. |
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Post by TheDungeonDelver on Aug 5, 2005 21:32:34 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure you're thinking of the jermlaine illo in module D1 (also in D1-2). Another pic of AD&D darts! But not the one I keep thinking of. Gnomes are some other small race, wearing helmets, fighting or running from some monsters. Underground I think. It'll come to me about 3 AM probably. Another good one is the Buckawn in MMII. |
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Post by Gandalf Istari on Aug 5, 2005 21:47:09 GMT -5
Another pic of AD&D darts! But not the one I keep thinking of. Gnomes are some other small race, wearing helmets, fighting or running from some monsters. Underground I think. It'll come to me about 3 AM probably. Another good one is the Buckawn in MMII. Yeah we already chatted that one up earlier, hehe. |
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Post by TheDungeonDelver on Aug 5, 2005 22:13:30 GMT -5
Another good one is the Buckawn in MMII. Yeah we already chatted that one up earlier, hehe. *scrollscrollscroll* Ah! So you did! |
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