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Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead. A turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world.
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Pool balls should be usable as rock ammo #51149

Open actually-reb opened 3 years ago

actually-reb commented 3 years ago

Despite pool balls being described as "essentially a rock", I cannot fire them from a sling while exclaiming "8-ball, corner zombie!" I'm not sure how the damage of a pool ball would compare to a rock.

Wyrdean commented 3 years ago

Compare the weights, and extrapolate from there I'd say. Subtract a bit for being made out of plastic; although they tend to be rather hefty.

Pseudogeist commented 3 years ago

Despite pool balls being described as "essentially a rock", I cannot fire them from a sling while exclaiming "8-ball, corner zombie!" I'm not sure how the damage of a pool ball would compare to a rock.

They used to be, I'm not sure when that changed.

Weird, I could have sworn they were, but I can't see any sign of it in the repo. Maybe that was pre-DDA? > > > Compare the weights, and extrapolate from there I'd say. Subtract a bit for being made out of plastic; although they tend to be rather hefty. Plastics come in many forms. Pool balls are made of bakelite, which I'm pretty sure would perform as good as a rock, if not better. I'm not sure how the aerodynamics would compare, but I would imagine favorably. It all depends what a 'rock' is.