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Author Topic: Throwing in fortress mode.  (Read 1619 times)

Felix False

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Re: Throwing in fortress mode.
« Reply #15 on: June 18, 2012, 04:59:45 pm »

Throwing a spear before charging in melee is a historic tactic, but it mostly applies to army combat, not the small skirmishes found in fortress mode. It's not a 1 on 1 tactic. So I'm not sure it would be good to include it.

Doesn't mean it can't be implemented, though I'd likely lean more towards having a belt of small axes, or hatchets, for throwing. Just seems more appropriate for the setting.
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GreatWyrmGold

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Re: Throwing in fortress mode.
« Reply #16 on: June 18, 2012, 07:37:01 pm »

For dwarves, sure. Goblins would use harpoons, humans would use javelins, and kobolds/animalpeople would have darts or atlatls.
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