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| | #REDIRECT[[Ranged Weapons]] |
| '''Ranged Weapons''' is a [[skill]] that governs '''launchers''', weapons which fire missiles from a distance. This includes slings, bows, and crossbows. Being able to attack enemies from any unobstructed tile in [[line of sight]] is a large perk, especially for faster characters. However, not only are they weaker than their melee counterparts, but ranged weapons suffer penalties when wearing heavy body [[armour]]. Note that while monsters lacking the [[Category:Archer_flag|archer flag]] are unable to use ranged weapons in melee, players may do so without an explicit penalty.
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| All ranged weapons use [[dexterity]] instead of [[strength]] for damage calculations.
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| ==List of Ranged Weapons==
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| ! Name || Dam || Hit || Delay || Hands || Size || Prob
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| | [[Hunting sling|Sling]] || 7 || 0 || 14 || One || Little || 10
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| | [[Shortbow]] || 9 || +2 || 15 || Two || Little || 10
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| | [[Longbow]] || 12 || 0 || 17 || Two || Medium || 10
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| | [[Hand crossbow]] || 17 || +3 || 18 || One || Little || 10
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| | [[Arbalest]] || 17 || -2 || 19 || Two || Little || 10
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| | [[Triple crossbow]] || 23 || -2 || 23 || Two || Small || 2
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| Note that the three crossbows - hand crossbow, arbalest, triple crossbow - are unique in that they have a [[weapon speed|minimum delay]] of 1.0, instead of the standard 0.7 (they attack slower).
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| ==Armour Penalty==
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| Ranged weapons are uniquely penalized down by [[Encumbrance_rating|armor encumberance]]. The more encumbered you are, the slower you attack. The penalty, in [[decaAut]], is as follows:
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| {{crawlquote|[ (e)^2 / 2250 ] * [ (90-2A) / (S + 3) ]}}
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| For e = encumberance rating, A = Armour skill, and S = strength.
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| Therefore, lower [[strength]] species without [[Armour (skill)|armour skill]] suffer more from heavier armour.
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| ==Brands==
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| Ranged Weapons have a different set of [[brand]]s. Most of these are similar to their melee version. | |
| *[[Chaos]] - Causes random effects
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| *[[Electrocution]] - Deals additional [[electricity]] damage
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| *[[Flaming]] - Adds up to an additional 50% [[fire]] damage
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| *[[Freezing]] - Adds up to an additional 50% [[cold]] damage
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| *[[Penetration]] - Projectiles can pierce through enemies, hitting everything along its trajectory
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| *[[Speed (brand)|Speed]] - Attacks take 66.6% normal time
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| *[[Venom]] - Poisons target
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| *[[Vorpal]] - Increases damage by up to 20%.
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| Ranged weapons may also get [[pain (brand)|pain]] or [[holy wrath]] (but not [[distortion]]) from [[Kikubaaqudgha]]'s and [[The Shining One]]'s capstone gifts.
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| ==Retired Weapons==
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| Over the years, a few ranged weapons have been retired or reworked into new forms:
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| *[[Fustibalus]] - removed with the removal of the Slings skill in [[0.29]]
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| *[[Blowgun]]/[[Needle]] - effect was moved on to the throwable [[dart]] in [[0.24]]
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| *[[Bow (item)|Bow]] - Split into shortbow/longbow in [[0.15]].
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| *[[Crossbow (item)|Crossbow]] - Split into hand crossbow/arbalest in [[0.15]].
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| ===Returning Weapons===
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| *[[Dart]]s - removed in [[0.15]], re-added in [[0.24]].
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| *[[Sling]] - split into [[hunting sling]] and greatsling ([[fustibalus]]) in [[0.15]], renamed back from hunting sling in [[0.29]].
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Throwing]]
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| *[[Ranged Combat]]
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| ==History==
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| *In [[0.29]], ranged weapons were reworked. Prior to this:
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| **Ranged weapons were split into [[Slings (skill)|Slings]], [[Bows]], and [[Crossbows]], with their seperate skills. Slings [[crosstrain]]ed with [[Throwing]].
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| **Launchers required [[ammo]] to use ([[stone]]s/[[sling bullet]]s, [[arrow]]s, [[bolt]]s, respectively). [[Okawaru]] gifted ammo, and enemies using launchers would have plentiful amounts of it.
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| **Weapon stats as a whole were drastically different. They scaled off [[strength]] instead of DEX, and were not especially encumbered by [[armour]].
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| **[[Fustibali]] existed as an upgrade to slings, [[sling]]s were named [[hunting sling]]s, and Throwing weapons were informally considered ranged weapons (as they were more similar; Throwing went mostly unchanged).
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| *In [[0.27]], monsters with ranged attacks got unlimited ammunition (except [[net]]s). Throwing ammo was reduced as a result.
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| *In [[0.24]], throwing weapons were streamlined. Darts replaced blowguns/needles, boomerangs replaced tomahawks and brands were simplified.
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| *Prior to [[0.18]], each weapon had a strength weight percentage that determined how the weapon would benefit from your strength and dexterity. Additionally, more types of ammunition could have brands of their own.
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| *Prior to [[0.15]], ranged combat was significantly more complicated; among other differences, min delay was heavily influenced by your [[stats]]. Additionally, 0.15 introduced greatslings (later called fustibali), hand crossbows, and triple crossbows, and removed the old version of darts.
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| *Prior to [[0.14]], [[dagger]]s, [[spear]]s, [[hand axe]]s, and [[club]]s could be thrown.
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| *Prior to [[0.11]], ammunition could have its own [[enchantment]] bonuses.
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| *Prior to [[0.6]], darts could be fired from an early version of hand crossbows instead of being thrown by hand.
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