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Throwing Blades in Off Hand 04/28/2009 08:00 AM CDT

I think throwing blades are only looking at Light Thrown ranks in order to determine how many blades you can throw in your off hand.

I only have 430 ranks in Offhand Weapon skill and I never throw below 5 blades with my off hand now. I also have over 450 ranks in Light Thrown which is the point at which my guild always throws 5 blades which leads me to believe it is only looking at my Light Thrown ranks.

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Re: Throwing Blades in Off Hand 04/28/2009 09:13 AM CDT

Thanks for the heads-up, Leilond! I've a couple of chars I've been working LT and Offhand with.

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Re: Throwing Blades in Off Hand 04/28/2009 12:23 PM CDT

How much LT do you have? It could be that the weighted average of the two skills is over 450.

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Re: Throwing Blades in Off Hand 04/28/2009 12:34 PM CDT

Since these are newbie-ish chars, we're looking at under 10 ranks each. One uses a foraged rock (can't get any cheaper than that!) and another uses a throwing knife from Knife Clan. The second one is probably going to eventually get some throwing blades from the Survival shop.

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Re: Throwing Blades in Off Hand 04/28/2009 01:20 PM CDT

>Since these are newbie-ish chars, we're looking at under 10 ranks each. One uses a foraged rock (can't get any cheaper than that!) and another uses a throwing knife from Knife Clan. The second one is probably going to eventually get some throwing blades from the Survival shop.

I was asking the original poster.

But speaking of foraged rocks... any chance we could get bolas sold somewhere near xing? (I realize the barb shop might have some, but that doesn't really help in TF.)

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Re: Throwing Blades in Off Hand 04/28/2009 01:22 PM CDT

Oops! Sorry....

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Re: Throwing Blades in Off Hand 04/28/2009 01:24 PM CDT

Not to put a damper on your request Cop but remind me when I get home and i'll have Ach run down and see if there are any in the barb shop

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Re: Throwing Blades in Off Hand 04/28/2009 06:20 PM CDT

There are bolas at Rossmans, which is a 2 minute run away... except for Eagles who would drown in the kiddie pool.

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Re: Throwing Blades in Off Hand 04/29/2009 10:10 PM CDT

Never seen a bola in the barb shop...but then again, its not unlike me to miss things.

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Re: Throwing Blades in Off Hand 04/29/2009 10:27 PM CDT

I'll want to take another look- But I'm pretty sure I saw a bola in Leth.

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Re: Throwing Blades in Off Hand 04/29/2009 11:40 PM CDT

I have one in my vault if you like but I must say its kind of a waste. It does not hit very well, tires you out. I suggest a Mallet or a buckler, yes i said it a tanned buckler. Its non lodging and hits like a ton of bricks.

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Re: Throwing Blades in Off Hand 04/29/2009 11:48 PM CDT

>>But speaking of foraged rocks... any chance we could get bolas sold somewhere near xing? (I realize the barb shop might have some, but that doesn't really help in TF.)<<

There's a boko in Leth, which is 35 stones instead of the 30 stones of a bola.

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Re: Throwing Blades in Off Hand 04/30/2009 12:05 AM CDT

<<yes i said it a tanned buckler. Its non lodging and hits like a ton of bricks.>>

all improvised thrown objects hit the same. mod impact, i believe for heavy thrown, not sure what light thrown stuff is at.

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Re: Throwing Blades in Off Hand 04/30/2009 10:48 PM CDT

>all improvised thrown objects hit the same.

Because of the stats for shield bashing, I don't believe it's considered an improvised weapon.

Also, I don't think that's entirely true. I think it's based on weight.

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Re: Throwing Blades in Off Hand 05/04/2009 06:36 PM CDT

>But speaking of foraged rocks... any chance we could get bolas sold somewhere near xing? (I realize the barb shop might have some, but that doesn't really help in TF.)

If you create a new character, you can give its starting weapon to the grizzled veteran wandering around crossing in exchange for a weapon of another type. One of the weapons he offers is LB/LT, a throwing club. Not quite as convenient as a shop weapon, I'll admit, but it's a thing some of us could wrangle.

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Re: Throwing Blades in Off Hand 05/04/2009 08:46 PM CDT

>the grizzled veteran wandering around crossing in exchange for a weapon of another type.

Holy crap, I wish I'd known that when I made all my young characters! That's really good to know.

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JMF90

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Re: Throwing Blades in Off Hand 05/04/2009 10:43 PM CDT

>Holy crap, I wish I'd known that when I made all my young characters!

This was a pretty recent addition.

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Re: Throwing Blades in Off Hand 05/04/2009 10:56 PM CDT

>This was a pretty recent addition.

Aside from my main, most of my characters are fairly recent... As in last year or so.

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