Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20170714130723/@comment-24534644-20170731022140

HookshotHotshot wrote: ...I feel like you were asking for designs for a shepherds-crook-slingshot weapon like this back before my hiatus. How long has the weapon been bouncing around in your head? Unless this wasn't from a long time ago and this thread is slowly driving me insane. Also an option.

Lol you're not going crazy. I came up with this weapon a long time ago, I just never got around to making an actual template for it until today.

Does the ammunition pouch have a loop or handle for easy grabbing, or does the user have to reach around the bands to hold the pouch for each shot? It's fine either way, just curious. It just seems like that bottom band would get in the way a bit.

The socket you are referring to is indented, making it easy to grab and easy to keep any ammunition inside of it until fired. The bands wouldn't get in the way as much as you'd think, you just have to maneuver your fingers around them.

And, if I may ask, since the character isn't actually using this thing to herd sheep (I assume), does it need to be as long as it is? I mean I get where you're coming from from a basis standpoint, but it could still stand as a good melee tool if it was, maybe, two to three feet. That way it could be stored easily in one piece by collapsing, and I feel like it would be easier to track a target while trying to shoot them than if the staff actually reached the character's feet. Just an idea.

It's designed to be used like a bo staff for melee purposes, not a club. For that, length is required. Besides, I specified that the length means that, when upright, it comes to about eye level, which makes it easy to plant the bottom into the ground for stability and still have optimal accuracy when firing. Even without this, it's easy to just hold it at an angle and still shoot, considering how such staffs are naturally lightweight.