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Name	Sling
Skill	Ranged Weapons
Damage	7
Accuracy	+0
Base delay (%)	14
Min delay	7 at skill 14
Hands	1H
Size	Little
Ranged?	Yes

A piece of cloth and leather for launching stones, adequate for hunting small game like rabbits or goblins.

"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 'Ranged Weapons' category. It is a one-handed weapon.

Slings are one-handed Ranged Weapons. They are the lighest ranged weapon, and much more common than the other one-hander, hand crossbows.

	Image
Mundane
Magical
Artifact

History

In 0.29, hunting slings were renamed back into slings, with the removal of the Slings (skill). They now use Ranged Weapons skill. Also, prior to this version:
- Hunting slings required use of stones or sling bullets, which added 2 or 4 damage.
- They had an accuracy of +2 and a base delay of 12 (mindelay of 6).
- They did not scale with DEX or were effected by armour encumbrance, like all ranged weapons.
In 0.15, slings were renamed into hunting slings, with the addition of greatslings.

Weapons
Axes	Battleaxe • Broad axe • Executioner's axe • Hand axe • War axe
Maces & Flails	Club • Demon whip • Dire flail • Eveningstar • Flail • Giant club • Giant spiked club • Great mace • Mace (Hammer) • Morningstar • Sacred scourge • Whip
Long Blades	Demon blade • Double sword • Eudemon blade • Falchion • Great sword • Long sword • Scimitar • Triple sword
Polearms	Bardiche • Demon trident • Glaive • Halberd (Scythe) • Partisan • Spear • Trident • Trishula
Ranged Weapons	Arbalest • Hand cannon • Longbow • Orcbow • Shortbow • Sling • Triple crossbow
Short Blades	Dagger • Quick blade • Rapier • Short sword
Staves	Lajatang • Magical staff • Quarterstaff
Throwing	Boomerang • Dart • Javelin • Large rock • Stone • Throwing net

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-#REDIRECT [[Hunting sling]]
+{{version029}}
+{{weapon
+ |name      = Sling
+ |weight    = 2.0
+ |skill     = Ranged Weapons
+ |damage    = 7
+ |accuracy  = +0
+ |basedelay = 14
+ |mindelay  = 7 at skill 14
+ |hands     = 1H
+ |size      = Little
+ |ranged    = Yes
+ |acquirement = 10
+}}
+{{flavour|A piece of cloth and leather for launching stones, adequate for hunting small game like rabbits or goblins.
+----
+"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.}}
+{{crawlquote|This weapon falls into the 'Ranged Weapons' category. It is a one-handed weapon.}}
+'''Slings''' are one-handed [[Ranged Weapons]]. They are the lighest ranged weapon, and much more common than the other one-hander, [[hand crossbow]]s.
+{| class="prettytable" style="border:none; margin:auto; padding:0; text-align: center"
+! || Image
+|-
+| '''Mundane''' || [[File:Sling 1.png]]
+|-
+| '''Magical''' || [[File:Sling 2.png]]
+|-
+| '''Artifact''' || [[File:Sling 3.png]]
+|}
+==History==
+*In [[0.29]], hunting slings were renamed back into slings, with the removal of the [[Slings (skill)]]. They now use Ranged Weapons skill. Also, prior to this version:
+**Hunting slings required use of [[stone]]s or [[sling bullet]]s, which added 2 or 4 damage.
+**They had an accuracy of +2 and a base delay of 12 (mindelay of 6).
+**They did not scale with [[DEX]] or were effected by armour encumbrance, like all ranged weapons.
+*In [[0.15]], slings were renamed into [[hunting sling]]s, with the addition of [[greatsling]]s.
+{{weapons}}
+[[Category:Slings]]