Mr. R Posted November 4, 2020 Report Share Posted November 4, 2020 I am making an NPC for my collection and am using a random generator for ideas. One roll was for a marksman. But I don't want to do the BFG (a la Lazer) or an Archer / Crossbow person. So any other ideas? Javelins? Sling? Energy Spear? Throwing Disks? Anything else? Recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amorkca Posted November 4, 2020 Report Share Posted November 4, 2020 Telepath with a visual effect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjack Posted November 4, 2020 Report Share Posted November 4, 2020 The Marvel villain Bullseye had the marksman Skill/Power but unlike most of that sort he wasn’t limited to one style of weapon. How about someone who can use ANYTHING as a deadly thrown or aimed weapon? Throw in the Martial Art skill of “found weapon” to beef up his hand to hand work in case all his carried weapons are taken and you’ve got something there. MCU Hawkeye: I tried golf...I played eighteen, I shot eighteen. Mr. R 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeroGM Posted November 4, 2020 Report Share Posted November 4, 2020 DCs Arsenal/Speedy has the same ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted November 4, 2020 Report Share Posted November 4, 2020 A long time ago I created a Mexican superhero who used a modernized version of the atlatl, the Aztec variation on the classic spear- or dart-thrower. He employed gimmicked projectiles like super-archers usually do, but he carried a pair of atlatls which he could also use as fighting batons for close combat. I haven't touched the character in years, so you're more than welcome to use the concept, or one of the similar spear-throwers from another culture, like the Australian aboriginal woomera. Mr. R 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted November 4, 2020 Report Share Posted November 4, 2020 Humm...Sportsmaster from DC uses sports themed weapons. Some of them can even be ranged weapons. Imagine a baseball themed guy throwing baseballs so fast that they ignite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted November 4, 2020 Report Share Posted November 4, 2020 1 hour ago, steriaca said: Humm...Sportsmaster from DC uses sports themed weapons. Some of them can even be ranged weapons. Imagine a baseball themed guy throwing baseballs so fast that they ignite. IIRC the 4E book High Tech Enemies included a cyborg called Fastball whose bionic arm could throw steel "baseballs" with tremendous velocity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted November 4, 2020 Report Share Posted November 4, 2020 Mr. R, I was thinking about the suggestion in your original post of using a sling. It strikes me that, with the access to technology, magic, and/or extraordinary strength that supers can have, a sling could be made for further uses than just as a projectile weapon. Perhaps it can be employed as a garrotte, or hold a heavy enough weight in its cup to make an effective flail. Its straps could be extensible, to entangle an opponent's limbs, or grab an Accessible Focus. Mr. R 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. R Posted November 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 Thanks for all the ideas. Right now I am torn between the sling and the atlatl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 Late to the party, but I have always enjoyed the idea of a marksman who is so good that refuses to use anything but non-lethals: anything else is, in his eyes, "unnecessary and unsporting," as his skill is so over-the-top that doing more than just 'practicing' against an opponent is unfair. Tasers and bolos are personal favorites, but honestly, any entangle is good: it removed an "unworthy opponent" from combat, but doesn't harm him in anyway. Perhaps that's the motivation he needs to practice more, and become "good enough to fight" at some point in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phydaux Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 My personal favorite take on the Trick Arrow Archer is to take everything with Range Based On Strength and say they're thrown weapons - Bolos, flash bangs, gas grenades, etc. Mr. R 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. R Posted November 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 19 minutes ago, phydaux said: My personal favorite take on the Trick Arrow Archer is to take everything with Range Based On Strength and say they're thrown weapons - Bolos, flash bangs, gas grenades, etc. Aerodynamic throwing discs. I like! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 I still have a soft spot in my heart for the Boxing-Glove Arrow. 😁 Mr. R 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. R Posted November 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Lord Liaden said: I still have a soft spot in my heart for the Boxing-Glove Arrow. 😁 Yeah, but even Green Arrow calls it corny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phydaux Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Mr. R said: Yeah, but even Green Arrow calls it corny! So modernize it. It's not a boxing glove, it's a tiny airbag with a proximity fuse. Fire it at a person, and just before impact the airbag deploys, spreading the impact surface area across their entire face and, for game purposes, making the attack do Stun Only. Lord Liaden and Amorkca 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 1 hour ago, phydaux said: So modernize it. It's not a boxing glove, it's a tiny airbag with a proximity fuse. Fire it at a person, and just before impact the airbag deploys, spreading the impact surface area across their entire face and, for game purposes, making the attack do Stun Only. There are various arrowheads in real life, including blunt heads which are designed not to penetrate but instead do kinetic damage. In fact, enjoy this small chart of them. Note: while technically for arrowheads, one could imagine them for dart tips and other types of non-gunpowder ranged weapons which are not arrows or daggers (who ever herd of a blunted tipped throwing dagger without a tapered end?). Lord Liaden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 On 11/3/2020 at 10:19 PM, Mr. R said: I am making an NPC for my collection and am using a random generator for ideas. One roll was for a marksman. But I don't want to do the BFG (a la Lazer) or an Archer / Crossbow person. So any other ideas? Javelins? Sling? Energy Spear? Throwing Disks? Anything else? Recommendations? Sharpie, the weapon for the ultimate "marks-man". drunkonduty, Tom Cowan, Amorkca and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 I've suggested before that a marksman-type could use a slingshot, the weapon of mischievous little boys everywhere. Give him various less-than-lethal loads--pepper balls, hard rubber balls, paint for marking a target, flashbangs, etc.--and you're all set. There's even the perfect name for such a character--The Menace. Duke Bushido, Lord Liaden and Lawnmower Boy 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 Nice! Again, in a supers setting, a character with extraordinary strength could have a slingshot with a much more powerful draw than normal. Or it could have a mechanism like motorized pulleys or electromagnetic contraction to accelerate a projectile more when released. Or heck, even be enchanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 i had a character several year ago who has a magical deck of playing cards that could be used as weapons. Mechanically, it was built as two linked Mutipowers. I (the player) drew a card whenever I wanted to attack, and the value and suit of the card told me what powers would be active. Here's a link, if anyone's interested: Wild Card steriaca, Lawnmower Boy, archer and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjack Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Pariah said: i had a character several year ago who has a magical deck of playing cards that could be used as weapons. Mechanically, it was built as two linked Mutipowers. I (the player) drew a card whenever I wanted to attack, and the value and suit of the card told me what powers would be active. Here's a link, if anyone's interested: Wild Card Wow, it’s kind of like the old Dial H for Hero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. R Posted November 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2020 Thanks for the replies. So I settled on a javelin thrower using an atlatl for range and power, and the atlatl can be used as fighting sticks. The javelins are high tech with a large MP and the usual suspects: EB, EB w/AP, Flash, Entangle, Darkness, etc Look for it on my Conversion thread in the near future (I am making 12 NPC to really plumb this Random Generator) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phydaux Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 On 11/5/2020 at 2:16 AM, wcw43921 said: I've suggested before that a marksman-type could use a slingshot, the weapon of mischievous little boys everywhere. Give him various less-than-lethal loads--pepper balls, hard rubber balls, paint for marking a target, flashbangs, etc.--and you're all set. There's even the perfect name for such a character--The Menace. Frank Miller likes that, too. But it was a girl named Carrie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted November 8, 2020 Report Share Posted November 8, 2020 An alternative, a guy with a pair of regular 9mm pistols. But he's so good he can use them to trip over opponents, precisely target weak points, or even shoot other projectiles flying towards him. Amorkca 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 On pg. 147 in CC has a picture of a guy using a Slingshot. And my ninja Shadow had a MP of various trick Shuriken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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