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From: jrrt@mtuxo.UUCP (r.mitchell)
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Subject: Re: Unusual weapons
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Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 13:24:51 EDT
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I once ran a Druid who, although quite impressive in the Wisdom and
Charisma department, had the Strength and Dexterity of an underfed
squirrel.  His weapon of choice was a scimitar, but he wasn't very
good at it.

Anyway, the party was deep in a dungeon fighting slithering lurkers
(or were they lurking slitherers?  I forget).  Laurel (the Druid)
has used up all his spells, and was in the front lines becuase some
of the cannon fodder Fighters had bitten the big ones.  Suddenly,
from behind a door in the back of the room, came the god-awful
powerful MU that we had been sent after.  Said MU starts mumbling.
Knowing that he was soon to die anyway, in a last great act of
defiance, Laurel *throws* his scimitar across the room at the MU,
30' away.  The DM generously gives me a 5% chance to hit the MU.  
Wonder of wonders, Laurel rolls a 20, and even gets a critical hit
(under the local system)!  Result, one dead MU, the monsters fail
their morale check, and we carry the day.

A week or so later, in similar circumstances, Laurel again tosses
his scimitar at a target quite far away, and again rolls a 20, and
again gets a critical hit that kills the target.  

The DM took it all in stride, and from that day on declared that I
had a proficiency in "Scimitar, Thrown."  Laurel kept looking for a
+3 Scimitar that would return to his hand when thrown, but never did
find one...

Rob Mitchell
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