March 11 QoD -- "Weapon of Choice"

[fantine33]

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Rules: viewtopic.php?p=40443#40443

Below is a list of 16 weapons. For each, you must tell me if it is a type of gun, sword, bow, or polearm. Ready... aim... FIRE!

Answers are due by Wednesday at 5 PM Eastern.

Other than 2, 8 and 9, they are guesses. Some educated, mostly not.

1. Arbalest - BOW
2. Blunderbuss - GUN
3. Gladius - POLEARM
4. Spetum - SWORD
5. Yumi - BOW
6. Falchion - POLEARM
7. Voulge - GUN
8. Katana - SWORD
9. Derringer - GUN
10. Chu-ko-nu - POLEARM
11. Flamberge - GUN
12. Musketoon - GUN
13. Halberd - SWORD
14. Flyssa - BOW
15. Partisan - POLEARM

BONUS
Yataghan - SWORD

[SportsFan68]

Spoiler

Rules: viewtopic.php?p=40443#40443

Below is a list of 16 weapons. For each, you must tell me if it is a type of gun, sword, bow, or polearm. Ready... aim... FIRE!

Answers are due by Wednesday at 5 PM Eastern.

1. Arbalest - sword
2. Blunderbuss - gun
3. Gladius - sword
4. Spetum - polearm
5. Yumi - bow
6. Falchion - bow
7. Voulge - polearm
8. Katana - sword
9. Derringer - gun
10. Chu-ko-nu - polearm
11. Flamberge - sword
12. Musketoon - sword
13. Halberd - sword
14. Flyssa - bow
15. Partisan - gun

BONUS
Yataghan - sword

[peacock2121]

Spoiler

1. Arbalest - polearm
2. Blunderbuss - gun
3. Gladius - sword
4. Spectum - gun
5. Yumi - gun
6. Falchion - bow
7. Voulge - gun
8. Katana - sword
9. Derringer - gun
10. Chu-ko-nu - polearm
11. Flamberge - sword
12. Musketoon - gun
13. Halberd - sword
14. Flyssa - bow
15. Partisan - polearm

BONUS
Yataghan - sword

[megaaddict]

Spoiler

1. Arbalest sword
2. Blunderbuss gun
3. Gladius sword
4. Spetum bow
5. Yumi sword
6. Falchion bow
7. Voulge bow
8. Katana sword
9. Derringer gun
10. Chu-ko-nu polearm
11. Flamberge sword
12. Musketoon gun
13. Halberd sword
14. Flyssa bow
15. Partisan sword

BONUS
Yataghan bow

[nitrah55]

Spoiler

1. Arbalest SWORD
2. Blunderbuss GUN
3. Gladius
4. Spetum
5. Yumi
6. Falchion SWORD
7. Voulge
8. Katana SWORD
9. Derringer GUN
10. Chu-ko-nu
11. Flamberge SWORD
12. Musketoon GUN
13. Halberd SWORD
14. Flyssa
15. Partisan

BONUS
Yataghan BOW

[NellyLunatic1980]

Below is a list of 16 weapons. For each, you must tell me if it is a type of gun, sword, bow, or polearm. Ready... aim... FIRE!

OK, I'm gonna try my best to describe and distinguish each of these weapons.

1. Arbalest - a crossbow with a bow made out of steel instead of wood
2. Blunderbuss - a rifle with a barrel that is flared like the bell of a trumpet
3. Gladius - a short sword, such as one that gladiators used
4. Spetum - a spear (pole) with two or three short blades protruding from the base of the spearhead
5. Yumi - a long bow made of bamboo
6. Falchion - a sword with a blade shaped somewhat like a trapezoid
7. Voulge - a pole mounted with a rectangular or trapezoidal blade
8. Katana - a long sword with a slightly curved blade
9. Derringer - a pocket pistol
10. Chu-ko-nu - a repeating crossbow
11. Flamberge - a long sword with a blade shaped to resemble flames (hence the name)
12. Musketoon - a rifle with a shorter barrel than a musket
13. Halberd - a pole mounted with a rounded axe blade and featuring a point protruding opposite the blade (I posted a picture of this weapon earlier this week. -- viewtopic.php?p=44762)
14. Flyssa - a short sword with a thin, narrow blade
15. Partisan - a pole mounted with two rounded axe blades

BONUS
Yataghan - a sword with an S-shaped blade

Believe it or not, Greyhound Dude's high scoring streak has been broken. 28 was respectable, but four people went higher... including Mr. Kelley, who got a perfect score.

I sure wish I could give bonus points for Annie's semi-successful method of reasoning...

March 11 Scores / Scores after Day 10
Greyhound - 28 / 198
aj - 32 / 146
tansta - 16 / 131
fanny - 24 / 127
mrkelley - 40 / 125
tlynn - 30 / 116
ne - 22 / 112.5
Confessor - 28 / 111.5
pea - 24 / 106
T_Bone - 14 / 102
Annie - 26 / 100.5
Marley - 32 / 92
Catfish - 14 / 91
gsabc - 14 / 88.5
plasticene - 20 / 88.5
nitrah - 12 / 76
mega - 12 / 75
lb13 - 16 / 74.5
mikehardware - 16 / 71.5
TMITSSS - 10 / 66
krox - 22 / 64
Sprots - 26 / 61
jarnon - 10 / 48
Dad - X / 42
minty - X / 42
winter - X / 37
FrankT - X / 30
Bob#s - X / 28.5
ladysoleil - X / 28
starfish - X / 20
Rexer - X / 18
trevor - X / 18
hermillion - X / 12
SirG - X / 11
LFHP - X / 10
christie - 6 / 9
TLITF - X / 8
macrae - X / 7
etaoin - X / 6
jsuchard - X / 5

[MarleysGh0st]

Believe it or not, Greyhound Dude's high scoring streak has been broken. 28 was respectable, but four people went higher... including Mr. Kelley, who got a perfect score.

The credit for my score goes to Gary Gygax.

But I guess I need a refresher course about crossbows. (Very few D&D characters use crossbows, since the rate of fire is inferior to regular bows.)

[earendel]

Believe it or not, Greyhound Dude's high scoring streak has been broken. 28 was respectable, but four people went higher... including Mr. Kelley, who got a perfect score.

The credit for my score goes to Gary Gygax.

But I guess I need a refresher course about crossbows. (Very few D&D characters use crossbows, since the rate of fire is inferior to regular bows.)

Not any more - in the current iteration (version 3.5) both weapons have a ROF of 1 per round, although one can get feats that allow for a more rapid ROF.

[MarleysGh0st]

Believe it or not, Greyhound Dude's high scoring streak has been broken. 28 was respectable, but four people went higher... including Mr. Kelley, who got a perfect score.

The credit for my score goes to Gary Gygax.

But I guess I need a refresher course about crossbows. (Very few D&D characters use crossbows, since the rate of fire is inferior to regular bows.)

Not any more - in the current iteration (version 3.5) both weapons have a ROF of 1 per round, although one can get feats that allow for a more rapid ROF.

My D&D group decided not to transition to version 3.5. We won't be spending our money on 4.0, either.

[AnnieCamaro]

I sure wish I could give bonus points for Annie's semi-successful method of reasoning...

Thank you, Mr. Nelly. My mom says I think with my tongue.