Battle Yo-Yo! [Archive] - Wizards Community

Battle Yo-Yo! [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Pizzini3000
03-06-05, 12:53 PM It just hit me, how cool would a battle yoyo be?

obviously, it woudln't be spiked or else you would take damge on every return.

I guess, you could make trip and disarm attempts. it would do like 1 bludgoning damage? and could trick an opponent like a warfan?
Adrez Nesnsid
03-06-05, 12:59 PM Here's a link to a thread with a related (but by no means identical) topic:

Earthbound D20 (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=238059)
soulknife
03-06-05, 05:57 PM i think it would be a cool idea and it would even be based on true events. Because in the phillipines people used them to strangle and trip from trees
Melpomene
03-06-05, 06:03 PM I thought about it, and I would put the stats as being nearly identical to the Spiked Chain stats. ::shrug::
Rulebook
03-06-05, 08:29 PM well the origional combat yo yo didnt return really. it was just a weighted and sharp/pointy ball or disk on the end of a cord so you could throw short distances and get it back.
Xantel
03-06-05, 11:28 PM basicly a kendama...
pseudoidiot
03-07-05, 07:18 AM and then you could go to a tavern and perform with it!

walk the dog!
arouuuuuuuunddd the world!
woodwalker
03-07-05, 01:04 PM the "battle yo-yo" makes an apperance in R.A. Salvatore's The Cleric Quentet
Xythlord
03-07-05, 08:26 PM Here is the write up for Cadderly's "Spindle Disk" as presented on the WotC Chosen of Denier found at http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/fr/deneir

Spindle Disk: A spindle disk is a tiny exotic melee weapon. The fist-sized sharpened crystal disk has a seam around the edge and a 3-foot cord wrapped into the seam. It is used like a yo-yo; the wielder spins the disk outward at a target, and, if it misses, it automatically winds itself up again (it can be used to make iterative attacks). If the disk hits a target, it must be wound manually (a move-equivalent action) before it can be used to attack again. A spindle disk is technically a thrown item and uses the wielder's Dexterity bonus instead of Strength for the attack roll, although it does not provoke an attack of opportunity when used. The wielder's Strength bonus applies to damage.

Cost 5 gp; damage 1d4, critical x2, weight 3 lb., type bludgeoning.
RPM33
03-08-05, 12:50 AM The flying guillotine is the closest thing to a historical battle yo-yo, I can think of anyway. I know of at least one other game system that has stats for such a weapon, check out google. You can find an elaborate example in the Bond flick Octopussy.

Let us know if you work up some balanced stats, someone could have a lot of fun doing very bad things with a device like that.

RPM
Dark_Sesshomaru
03-08-05, 02:46 AM Yo-Yo Yoko off of Ehrgeiz... heh.
If anyone has played Ehrgeiz before, you could just imagine how cool this thing could be.
Thinking of how the yo-yo works in ehrgeiz, it would be something like this;
Maybe a ranged weapon with a max range of 25 feet and it deals 1d4 damage. If damage is dealt, it drags any small-medium sized creatures into melee with you.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Pizzini3000 03-06-05, 12:53 PM	It just hit me, how cool would a battle yoyo be? obviously, it woudln't be spiked or else you would take damge on every return. I guess, you could make trip and disarm attempts. it would do like 1 bludgoning damage? and could trick an opponent like a warfan?
Adrez Nesnsid 03-06-05, 12:59 PM	Here's a link to a thread with a related (but by no means identical) topic: Earthbound D20 (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=238059)
soulknife 03-06-05, 05:57 PM	i think it would be a cool idea and it would even be based on true events. Because in the phillipines people used them to strangle and trip from trees
Melpomene 03-06-05, 06:03 PM	I thought about it, and I would put the stats as being nearly identical to the Spiked Chain stats. ::shrug::
Rulebook 03-06-05, 08:29 PM	well the origional combat yo yo didnt return really. it was just a weighted and sharp/pointy ball or disk on the end of a cord so you could throw short distances and get it back.
Xantel 03-06-05, 11:28 PM	basicly a kendama...
pseudoidiot 03-07-05, 07:18 AM	and then you could go to a tavern and perform with it! walk the dog! arouuuuuuuunddd the world!
woodwalker 03-07-05, 01:04 PM	the "battle yo-yo" makes an apperance in R.A. Salvatore's The Cleric Quentet
Xythlord 03-07-05, 08:26 PM	Here is the write up for Cadderly's "Spindle Disk" as presented on the WotC Chosen of Denier found at http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/fr/deneir Spindle Disk: A spindle disk is a tiny exotic melee weapon. The fist-sized sharpened crystal disk has a seam around the edge and a 3-foot cord wrapped into the seam. It is used like a yo-yo; the wielder spins the disk outward at a target, and, if it misses, it automatically winds itself up again (it can be used to make iterative attacks). If the disk hits a target, it must be wound manually (a move-equivalent action) before it can be used to attack again. A spindle disk is technically a thrown item and uses the wielder's Dexterity bonus instead of Strength for the attack roll, although it does not provoke an attack of opportunity when used. The wielder's Strength bonus applies to damage. Cost 5 gp; damage 1d4, critical x2, weight 3 lb., type bludgeoning.
RPM33 03-08-05, 12:50 AM	The flying guillotine is the closest thing to a historical battle yo-yo, I can think of anyway. I know of at least one other game system that has stats for such a weapon, check out google. You can find an elaborate example in the Bond flick Octopussy. Let us know if you work up some balanced stats, someone could have a lot of fun doing very bad things with a device like that. RPM
Dark_Sesshomaru 03-08-05, 02:46 AM	Yo-Yo Yoko off of Ehrgeiz... heh. If anyone has played Ehrgeiz before, you could just imagine how cool this thing could be. Thinking of how the yo-yo works in ehrgeiz, it would be something like this; Maybe a ranged weapon with a max range of 25 feet and it deals 1d4 damage. If damage is dealt, it drags any small-medium sized creatures into melee with you.