Hunting sling

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Name	Hunting sling
Skill	Slings
Damage	7
Accuracy	+2
Base delay (%)	12 (120%)
Min delay	6 at skill 12
Hands	1H
Size	Little
Ranged?	Yes

A piece of cloth and leather for launching stones, adequate for hunting small game like rabbits or goblins. It deals more damage when launching purpose-made ammunition, rather than rocks found on the floor. "And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sank into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth." -KJV Bible, 1 Samuel 17:49.

This weapon falls into the 'Slings' category. It is a one-handed weapon.

Hunting slings are one-handed ranged weapons. They accept both stones and sling bullets as ammunition, but using sling bullets will increase your damage significantly (9 base damage with bullets, compared to 7 with stones). Although weaker than bows or crossbows, they only require one hand, making them a good secondary weapon option for characters using shields; they also have more abundant ammunition due to the ability to use both stones and sling bullets.

While hunting slings are perfectly respectable ranged weapons for the early game, sling-users will generally want to upgrade to a fustibalus at some point for superior damage.

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History

Hunting slings were added in 0.15, replacing the simple sling.