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| #1wishinghandJan 31, 2011 15:50:52 | Too often I see new players come up with very simple bludgeons for their melee weapon. The only nifty one I've seen was when a new player joined the group, got conned into doing a gladiator match against a Neep Neep and broke off its leg for his new melee (instead of a pipe) once he killed it. I'm looking for things like bass guitars, car fenders, whips, etc. For some reason I can't think of many at any given time, so I thought a list of stuff here would be great. |
| #2cazraJan 31, 2011 16:45:36 | My hawkoid yeti hefted around a mini-refridgerator mounted on a metal pole partially frozen inside it. Some other creative melee weapons I've seen in my group so far have been: -Crossing guard sign -cast-iron skillets (dual-wielded) -a very long towel (used like a whip) -an old sniper rifle (no longer functional as a ranged weapon) |
| #3Seeker95Jan 31, 2011 16:56:18 | Posting here to give myself the pink square to remind myself that I want to add a lot fo things to this when my bladder is empty and my wife is not calling me to dinner! |
| #4ChaoticGoodJan 31, 2011 22:40:29 | Some ideas: - Artificial Christmas tree (the whole thing) - Barbed-wire fencing wrapped around a fence post - Battlecloak (cape with iron weights sewn into the hem at the corners, which can be swung at the enemy as a flail-type weapon) - Bowling ball in a purse - Broken whiskey bottle - Car axle with one wheel still attached - CRT computer monitor, held by the cord and whipped around as a flail - Fire axe - Folding chair (two-handed, WWE-style) - Garden hose (as either a heavy whip or a strangling garotte) - Giant Christmas candy cane decoration - Goalpost from an American football field - Hatrack of dubious origin - Lawnmower blade sword - Longshank screwdriver (It's good for the ribs, if you know what I mean.) - Magic 8-ball gear shifter - Meat cleaver - Meat hook on chain - Muffler - Petrified turkey or pterodactyl leg (depending on character size) - Police riot baton - Pruning shears (two-handed) - Rolled-up Oriental rug (It really ties the room together!) - Trash can lid (used as a shield bash) - Unicycle (It doubles as half a bicycle!) |
| #5MuderflyFeb 01, 2011 3:53:14 | here a list my groups weapons: A radio-active mexican jumping bean machine(giant gumball machine) a diseased tentacle a unicycle a pudding-pop flail the Sword of Omens ( referred to a Lionel's sword) a pertrified baby seal club and for ranged a dirty diaper launcher chainsaw shark gun and the best by far...a frozen mel gibson bat slingshot those are the more whimsical weapons of our group. |
| #6coreyhaim8mydogFeb 01, 2011 4:06:52 | Posting here to give myself the pink square to remind myself that I want to add a lot fo things to this when my bladder is empty and my wife is not calling me to dinner! What is "the pink square" and why do I feel that Trojan should make it? I have a yeti in my group that found a giant aircraft carrier anchor he's using as a melee weapon. But the best melee weapon ever would be a flail made by pulling out the tape and swining around an old VHS copy of Cop Rock. |
| #7Seeker95Feb 01, 2011 7:42:35 | What is "the pink square" and why do I feel that Trojan should make it? Once you click on a thread, the forum thread directory shows a pink square next to that thread title whenever someone has added new posts to it. If you post in it, then a little scroll icon also shows next to it. |
| #8Seeker95Feb 01, 2011 7:53:11 | Here are some things my kids came up with: Melee Street sign post; fence post; lamp post; kettle bell; baseball bat; golf club; candle holder; cleaver; metal Thermos; lunchbox; mop; broom; skillet; pitchfork; serving spoon; tent mallet; extension cord; tennis racket; hockey stick; folding chair; motorcycle front forks; tailpipe; axle; barbell; 4x4 mailbox post; stair hand rail; subway track; shovel; water bottle; toolbox; emergency call box; floor lamp; bowling pin Ranged (a lot fewer of these) Baseballs; golf balls; bowling ball; horseshoes; manhole cover |
| #9coreyhaim8mydogFeb 01, 2011 12:10:31 | What is "the pink square" and why do I feel that Trojan should make it? I was wondering what those boxes with numbers were. They look red on my screen. Thankee, sir. |
| #10caz_granbergFeb 02, 2011 9:04:08 | Light melee Weapons - Crystallized Bible, Parn Mandlible, Fan Belt, Lightweight Chain, flail made out of Cat-5 cable and washers. Light ranged weapons - die cast toys, glass bottles, croquet balls, lawn darts, wireless routers Heavy melee weapons - Fossilized dinosaur thighbone, axe with a car's fan for a blade, muffler, Shields - Routers, 1U switches, Server Rack side panels, |
| #11cazraFeb 02, 2011 13:30:39 | posted melee weapons, but haven't posted my group's wacky ranged weapons yet: -Anti-gravity yo-yo -floating spike drones -cat bazooka (the mythic character in our group has a bunch of cat worshippers. He fires his followers from his bazooka. They scratch up the enemies' faces a bit and then they come running back to him) -throw self (the doppleganger swarm threw copies of himself at opponents) -tesla gun -spork-launching crossbow |
| #12miniaturegeekFeb 02, 2011 13:30:59 | Light Melee - gumball machine, robot leg, street sign beaten into a crude ax, fence post, an oscar, bowling pins, Light Ranged - Sling shot, water gun filled with acid rain water, highly modified nerf gun firing stefans, water baloon cannon (can fire other things besides water balloons, water gun filled with flammable liquid and turned into makeshift flame thrower. Heavy Ranged - mechanical pitching machine, potato cannon, others when I think of it. |
| #13FlashbackJonFeb 02, 2011 20:39:45 | One of my players is using a broken shieldbot as melee weapon, ranged weapon, and shield. When she pulls the appropriate wires, blades flick out, and others, it fires its laser. |
| #14ChandrakFeb 03, 2011 0:22:14 | , flail made out of Cat-5 cable and washers. That sounds really painful. Theres a whole host of natural weapons you could improvise too - if players want claws, fangs, horns, hooves, tentacles etc. . . most of those could fall under the same headings, since natural weapons arent specified in the book. Its what my group does. |
| #15moosekickedmysisterstoofFeb 03, 2011 11:11:03 |
LULZ Well, that's, like, your opinion...man. |
| #16moosekickedmysisterstoofFeb 03, 2011 11:16:00 | , flail made out of Cat-5 cable and washers. Yeah, if one of my player's wants to just use natural weapons, I just decide whether the claw/bite/tentacle/beak would be a quick melee or heavy melee attack. Somewhat related, one of my players rolled temporal/electrokinetic and read "temporal" as "tempura." For that reason, his character is a time-travelling shrimp with an electric claw attack. |
| #17ChandrakFeb 03, 2011 14:48:06 |
Sweet! A time-traveling pistol shrimp! |
| #18pure_sabaccFeb 04, 2011 10:40:57 | Most of the time my players are boring with their weapon descriptions. I've got a sword! I've got a gun! "BIG DEAL", I tell them. So our Yeti/Cockroach came up with a 20 lbs dumbell on a rope to use as a fail. I think he did it to please me, but now she loves that thing! |
| #19crimsonlyreFeb 04, 2011 18:47:58 | Since the thread is lacking ranged weapons: Fine China (thrown), Nailgun, Rail Spike Gun, Riveter, Faberge Eggs (thrown), Insect Hive (preferably fired from a cannon), Deck of Glass Hologram Cards Melee: Car Jack, Jackhammer, Chandelier, Blowtorch (with or without fuel), Umbrella made of metal sheets Keep in mind, this is the year six monkey slap-slap, so things that did not exist in our time could exist in theirs. |
| #20ChaoticGoodFeb 05, 2011 0:44:12 | moose - I'm glad someone picked up on that! Haha. Crimson - The thread is probably lacking in ranged weapon ideas because it's titled "Melee weapon ideas." ![]() However, here are some ranged weapon ideas that aren't too over the top (Faberge eggs?? Really??) Atl-atl Bar darts Bricks CDs & DVDs Glass shards Hammer-throw "hammer" Lacrosse stick and balls Overclocked office stapler Pool balls Rats (reimagining the "Rat Swarm" origin as a "Willard" style character) Vinyl albums (a la "Shaun of the Dead") Xistera and pelota (jai alai equipment) |
| #21crimsonlyreFeb 05, 2011 18:14:32 | I stated Faberge Eggs because our setting is taking place in the LA Area... and my character is from Beverly Hills. |
| #22ChaoticGoodFeb 06, 2011 0:52:23 | Haha, it's cool and all - my gf's character chucked a stack of PSPs as a ranged weapon. But wackiness aside, over-the-top choices like that make me think, "Wouldn't those be more valuable as trade goods than as ammunition? Why would you throw them away?" |
| #23dudesockFeb 08, 2011 14:46:17 | I updated the collected list of armor/weapons. community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/758... |
| #24mvincentFeb 08, 2011 16:38:39 | I updated the collected list of armor/weapons. Excellent! Thank you for doing that. I started thinking up some myself: Rake Cinderblock hammer (or on a chain) Saxaphone Can in a sock Monkey wrench Crowbar ... but then I thought to instead just include the list of weapons from Dead Rising for ideas: 2'x 4" Acoustic Guitar Baking Ingredients Barbell Baseball Bat Bass Guitar Battle Axe Bench Boomerang Bowling Ball Bucket Cactus Canned Food Cardboard Box Cash Register CDs (30 count) Ceremonial Sword* Chainsaw Chair Chinese Cleaver* Cleaver Cooking Oil Condiment Dishes (30 count) Drink Cans (12 count fridge pack) Dumbbell Electric Guitar Excavator Fence Fire Axe Fire Extiguisher (100 % full) Frank West Frying Pan Garbage Can Gems (10 count) Golf Club (and 30 balls) Gumball Machine Hand Gun (30 bullet clip) Handbag Hanger HDTV Heavy Machinegun (and a whopping 200 rounds)* Hedge Trimmer Hockey Stick (and 30 pucks) Hunk of Meat (ewwwwwwwwww) Hunting Knife Katana King Salmon Laser Sword* Lawn Mower Lead Pipe Lipstick Prop Machete* Machinegun (with 150 bullets) Mailbox Mailbox Post Mannequin Female Mannequin Male Mannequin Limbs (arms and legs) Real Mega Buster* Mega Buster* Molotov Cocktail* Nailgun (and 60 nails) Nightstick Novelty Masks (bear, horse, servbot, and imp) Oil Bucket Parasol Paint Can Painting (5 flavors) Perfume Prop Pet Food Pickaxe* Plywood Panel Potted Plant (6 flavors) Propane Tank (small) Propane Tank (large, w/ dolly) Push Broom Push Broom Handle Pylon Queen Rat Saucer* Rat Stick* Rock Sausage Rack* Saw Blade Shampoo Shelf Shopping Cart Shotgun (with 20 round capacity) Shower Head Shovel Sickle Sign Skateboard Skylight Sledgehammer Small Chainsaw* Smokestack Sniper Rifle (and 30 bullets) Soccer Ball Spitfire Steel Rack Stepladder Store Display Stool Stuffed Bear Stungun (with 100% of charge) Submachine Gun (with a 150 round clip) Sword Toolbox Toy Cube Toy Laser Sword TV (non-HD) Vase Vehicles Water Gun (with 30 squirts) Weapon Cart* Wine Cask Zombies Dead Rising 2 Combo Melee Weapons: * Electric Rake - Battery and Rake * Defiler - Axe and Sledgehammer * Claws - Boxing Gloves and Bowie Knife * Tenderizers - Box of Nails and MMA Gloves * Exsanguinator - Vacuum Cleaner and Saw Blade * Light Sword - Gems and Flashlight * Pole Weapon - Push Broom and Machete * Hacker - Computer and Flashlight * Ripper - Cement Saw and Saw Blade * Flaming Gloves - Boxing Gloves and Motor Oil * Driller - Spear and Power Drill * Handy Chipper - Wheelchair and Lawnmower * Parablower - Leaf Blower and Parasol * Boomstick - Pitchfork and Shotgun * Auger - Pitchfork and Drill Motor * Porta Mower - 2x4 and Lawnmower * Holy Arms - Training Sword and Nails * Paddle Saw - Kayak Paddle and Chainsaw * Spiked Bat - Baseball Bat and Nails Dead Rising 2 Combo Ranged Weapons: * Gem Blower - Gems and Leaf Blower * Snowball Cannon - Extinguisher and Super Soaker * Fire Spitter - Tiki Torch and Light Machine Gun * Freedom Bear - Giant Teddy Bear and Light Machine Gun * Flamethrower - Gas Can and Super Soaker * Rocket Launcher - Pipe and Fireworks * Blambow - Bow And Arrows and TNT * Power Guitar - Electric Guitar and Amp * Air Horn - Spray Paint and Traffic Cone * Freezer Bomb - Extinguisher and Dynamite * Roaring Thunder - Goblin Mask and Battery * Spear Launcher - Spear and Leaf Blower * Plate Launcher - Cement Saw and Plates * Blazing Aces - Tennis Racket and Tiki Torch |
| #25OraibiFeb 08, 2011 16:57:56 | You could do a lot of those "combo weapons" with the options from my expanded weapon table house rules, just sayin'. ![]() |