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.They deal 7 damage with stones and 9 with sling bullets. Although weaker than bows or crossbows, they only require one hand, making them a good secondary weapon option for characters using shields, and 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.