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An Entity of Type : owl:Thing, within Data Space : 134.155.108.49:8890 associated with source dataset(s)

Loading a sling is a free action requiring the use of both hands. Ardents, artificers, assassins, avengers, bards, battleminds, bladesingers, clerics, druids, fighters, invokers, paladins, psions, rangers, runepriests, seekers, sorcerers, swordmages, vampires, wardens, warlocks, and warlords are proficient with all simple ranged weapons, including the sling. Rogues receive proficiency with the sling directly. Other classes do not have proficiency with the sling as a class trait, but any character can become proficient by taking a Weapon Proficiency feat.

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  • Sling (weapon)
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  • Loading a sling is a free action requiring the use of both hands. Ardents, artificers, assassins, avengers, bards, battleminds, bladesingers, clerics, druids, fighters, invokers, paladins, psions, rangers, runepriests, seekers, sorcerers, swordmages, vampires, wardens, warlocks, and warlords are proficient with all simple ranged weapons, including the sling. Rogues receive proficiency with the sling directly. Other classes do not have proficiency with the sling as a class trait, but any character can become proficient by taking a Weapon Proficiency feat.
  • A sling was a weapon that launched projectiles such as rocks when swung around and released at one end. Abraham Lincoln used a sling as a boy. James T. Kirk reminded the image of Lincoln of this in 2269 when trying to figure out how they could defend themselves against enemies also created by the Excalbians. (TOS: "The Savage Curtain" )
  • A sling is a projectile weapon typically used to throw a blunt projectile such as a stone, clay or lead "sling-bullet". It is also known as the shepherd's sling. A sling has a small cradle or pouch in the middle of two lengths of cord. The sling stone is placed in the pouch. The middle finger or thumb is placed through a loop on the end of one cord, and a tab at the end of the other cord is placed between the thumb and forefinger. The sling is swung in an arc, and the tab released at a precise moment. This frees the projectile to fly to the target. The sling essentially works by extending the length of a human arm, thus allowing stones to be thrown much farther than they could be by hand.
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Bonus
  • +2
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dice
  • 86400.0
proficiency
  • simple
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Range
  • 10(xsd:integer)
Type
  • ranged
Weight
  • 0(xsd:integer)
Price
  • 1(xsd:integer)
Properties
Handedness
  • one-handed
Groups
  • sling
abstract
  • A sling is a projectile weapon typically used to throw a blunt projectile such as a stone, clay or lead "sling-bullet". It is also known as the shepherd's sling. A sling has a small cradle or pouch in the middle of two lengths of cord. The sling stone is placed in the pouch. The middle finger or thumb is placed through a loop on the end of one cord, and a tab at the end of the other cord is placed between the thumb and forefinger. The sling is swung in an arc, and the tab released at a precise moment. This frees the projectile to fly to the target. The sling essentially works by extending the length of a human arm, thus allowing stones to be thrown much farther than they could be by hand. The sling is inexpensive and easy to build. It has historically been used for hunting game and in combat. Film exists of Spanish Civil War combatants using slings to throw grenades over buildings into enemy positions on the opposite street. Today the sling interests sportsmen as a wilderness survival tool and as an improvised weapon.
  • Loading a sling is a free action requiring the use of both hands. Ardents, artificers, assassins, avengers, bards, battleminds, bladesingers, clerics, druids, fighters, invokers, paladins, psions, rangers, runepriests, seekers, sorcerers, swordmages, vampires, wardens, warlocks, and warlords are proficient with all simple ranged weapons, including the sling. Rogues receive proficiency with the sling directly. Other classes do not have proficiency with the sling as a class trait, but any character can become proficient by taking a Weapon Proficiency feat.
  • A sling was a weapon that launched projectiles such as rocks when swung around and released at one end. Abraham Lincoln used a sling as a boy. James T. Kirk reminded the image of Lincoln of this in 2269 when trying to figure out how they could defend themselves against enemies also created by the Excalbians. (TOS: "The Savage Curtain" )
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