Bryan Thexton
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>I've long been of the opinion that that both runequest and now HW
>have been a bit schizoid about slings. In many cultures herders
>used slings because they were cheap, easy to carry, and
>sufficient to drive off all but the most determined predators. The
>heortlings have lots of herders, spread around in pretty wild
>country. Certainly it would make sense for them to use slings.
>And then there are thunderstones, mostly manifested as sling
>bullets, which encourages the concept of orlanthi as slingers.
>But I've yet to see any character generation rules giving the sling
>skill (barring if Hedkoranth initiates can use thunder sling as a
>substitute for actual skill).
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Is there any evidence that Celtic\Germanic\Nordic herders used
slings?