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Från: Jeffrey Schwartz <schwartz@...>

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> Historically, there was a lot of fooling around with 2-in-1 and sometimes
> more-in-1 weapons. I've got pictures around here someplace if ya'll are
> really curious about it...
>
> (They're copyrighted, so they won't be in Phoenix, sorry)
>
> Anyway, my two favorites were a long-bladed dagger with a wheelock pistol
> in the hilt. When you pressed a little thumb switch, the spring spun a
> striker wheel, which ingited the powder charge and the point-most 3" of
> blade shot out at a few hundred feet per second. The blade was hollow and
> acted as the barrel. The point had a rod/tail that went down the 'barrel'
> to stabilize it in flight. The thing was made as a parrying dagger (main
> gauche), so I guess the 'bang' was if the other guy was better than you or
> you suddenly found an extra enemy.
>
> The other favorite was a boarding ax in which the metal shaft of the weapon
> was a .54 cal musket. Bang! Hack! Load that puppy with pistol shot and
> treat it like a shotgun!
>
> On the other hand, there's an important reason these didn't survive: they
> don't work all that well. When a man with a sword meets a man with a
> sword/gun/can opener/color tv, then if its a sword fight, the guy with a
> heavier, more awkward blade loses (typically). If its a gun fight, the guy
> who has a purpose-built weapon will probably win.
>
> The time these toys really shine is when the victim doesn't know its
> coming. As soon as word gets around that "Bob's got one of them there
> multi-weapons" though, people aren't going to get in sword fights with Bob
> - they'll just shoot him.
>
> I still like them , and there is a version of the parrying dagger in the
> game world I'm currently running... My players haven't seen one used yet,
> and since they don't know _which_ of the NPC's has one, I'm not giving away
> any big secrets.

Tricksvapen vore kanske något för mekanurger? De fanns som sagt i verkligheten
(se nedan; jag har mer fakta om någon är intresserad) och med en mekanurgs
suveräna talang för balans och hållfasthet kanske de kunde göras mindre åbäkiga
och kanske (för pistolen-i-dolken-modellen) mer lättdolda?

Erik