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Post by legacyofthesword on Feb 21, 2022 7:00:45 GMT
Or have a heavy spring loaded mechanism that'd push the plunger. You could have it latched back and hook a string to the pin the holds it under tension (something like a grenade). Throw or fire the weapon, the string whips out along with it, then when the weapon imbeds itself in the target, yank the string and release the catch, which activates the plunger.
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Post by legacyofthesword on Feb 21, 2022 7:02:02 GMT
Or even have the spring mechanism be impact activated and do away with the string altogether.
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Post by freq on Feb 21, 2022 11:51:55 GMT
my idea was more like a lance with a modified head, designed so that when a force great enough to penetrate is applied said force overcomes the friction fit of the head assembly, the shaft (which has a plunger arrangement on the top ) slides through the hollow tube and delivers the chemical same principal as an injection syringe just bigger. can picture that all to easy knight rides up lance in hand charges delivers lethal blow and charges off, like a 12 foot syringe, other principal was that the weight on the end causes the syringe action due to inertial momentum (think tranquilizer dart ) point goes in the shaft keeps sliding and delivers the toxin
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Post by RambleTree on Feb 21, 2022 21:01:14 GMT
Different from the equipment/tactics that've been discussed - this thread reminded me of a great short story I read in Dragon Magazine sometime in the 90's. The dragonslayer has ultra-thin/sharp blades, the character's discuss how they would break easily in 'human' combat. For some reason this story stuck with me. I was able to find an archive of it, enjoy! Starts on pg. 58 (page 60 of the .pdf): annarchive.com/files/Drmg158.pdf
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