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Re: Prodd...anyone got any info
Reply #15 - Nov 23rd, 2009 at 8:45am
 
nah best to just ignore her, that's pretty much the worst thing you can do to an academic Wink
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Re: Prodd...anyone got any info
Reply #16 - Dec 26th, 2009 at 8:39am
 
"I think Rihil is full of it."
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I couldn't agree more.

One site defined Prodd as the whole weapon, many more described prodd as the bow itself.

When I was a kid, I made a crossbow that shot throwing darts. Easy to do.
Accurate with practice up to 100 feet. That's good enough to survive with.
With a dart, I could kill any game bird or even a rat.
But with the same power behind a small pebble I doubt that it would kill anything.

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Re: Prodd...anyone got any info
Reply #17 - Dec 26th, 2009 at 12:14pm
 
Read the caption below the image and then scroll through the other armor items some of which are eye popping.

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http://www.clemusart.com/explore/work.asp?searchText=stonebow&ctl00%24ctl00%24ct...

http://www.clemusart.com/explore/work.asp?location=8114&recNo=3&tab=2&display
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Reply #18 - Dec 31st, 2009 at 7:45am
 
Nice photo find, Thomas.
The photo and caption lead me to believe that this model was made to shoot projectiles the size of my big toe. The previous usage of the words "pellet" and "bullet" led me to believe we were discussing a smaller projectile, like a piece of pea gravel.

Apparently these stone chucking crossbows were made stronger than I made my little dart shooting crossbow when I was just a little punk. The power in my bow was not enough to hurt a small animal with a pebble which is why I used darts in the first place.

You can bounce a spitball off a squirrel or skewer him with a dart. What would you have done?

Today I build weaponry that can shoot a pumpkin right through you.

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