Missile
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Missiles, otherwise known as ranged weapons, are weapons that are able to strike from afar. They can be thrown, fired, and launched at targets not adjacent to the attacker, sometimes to great effect.
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Stones
Stones are a relatively weak as thrown missiles, but are none the less found on a number of lower-level enemies which will attempt to use them. Earth Magic users commonly collect stones as a form of ammunition in some of their spells, but throwers may also collect them to use them as weapons. While they're not very effective when thrown by hand, they become much deadlier when launched from a sling.
Darts
Darts are one of the most common missiles encountered in the game, especially early in the dungeon. Lower-level enemies are commonly armed with them, and dart traps are one of the most common varieties of trap in the game. In the hands of a competent thrower darts can be surprisingly potent weapons, and special varieties such as enchanted or poisonous darts can be especially lethal. Uses the Throwing skill.
Needles
Needles, like darts, are a very common ranged weapon found most commonly early in the dungeon. While they do very low damage, needles are always tipped with poison, making them an effective delivery mechanism for lethal venom. Rarely, crawlers will find needles tipped with curare as well, which slows and poisons targets simultaneously.
Needles are much more accurate and effective when fired from a blowgun.
Arrows
Arrows are another common type of missiles found in the game, usually after a couple of levels into the dungeon. Enemies equipped with bows such as elves in the Elven Halls commonly carry them, and arrow traps can be found throughout the game.
Arrows generally come in 3 different types - regular, elven and orcish. Elven arrows are more effective when used with elven bows while orcish arrows are more effective when used with orcish bows. Some arrows come with enchantments (+1, +2 etc.). Occasionally, arrows tipped with poison can be found.
Arrows are the ammunition for bows and longbows and are fired, not thrown (don't expect to do much damage if you insist on throwing arrows with your bare hands...). Firing arrows trains the Bows skill. While most arrows may be recoverable after firing, some bows that come with branding such as flaming, frost and electrocution will convert each fired arrow into a magical bolt charged with the corresponding damage type and such arrows are irrecoverable once fired, even if they missed the target.
Bolts
Bolts are the ammunition for crossbows and are otherwise identical to arrows.
Javelins
Javelins are throwing spears. They do quite good damage, and are less likely to break on impact than most missiles.
Large Rocks
Trolls, Ogres, and Ogre Mages can throw these, and so can many of the gigantic humanoids found in the dungeon. Large rocks are never generated enchanted, but they do a lot of damage and have very little chance of breaking. They are very heavy.
