Posted on 04/20/2005 1:14:46 PM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
Yoda:
No! Not hard to do! Only in your mind difficult it is. Feel the Force flowing between the computer--and the javelin--and the roof. . .
Karsh Kentu:
Usually when I feel force flowing through anything, that means the object is in flight already.
Paging Dr. Freud...Dr. Freud to the white courtesy phone, please...
You seriously want the undead groupies, don't you.
*chuckle*
At least it isn't Miss Staplegun 1993.
Though I'm not sure she WOULDN'T go to that extreme.
*in odd psychologist voice*
Svo, tvell me about your watest dweams?
I used to throw the javelin in college occassionally. Not very good but would sometimes place 3rd or 4th im a small meet. Same with the shot and discus although I was really a sprinter and hurdler.
When practicing on the football field, we would throw it back and forth to each other. It was so easy to avoid that you literally would simply walk out of the way if it was heading toward you.
The only way I can see it being useful in combat would be throwing it at a mass of soldiers or really close at an individual.
Even pirates?!?
I'm behind on the Karsh Kentu saga :-) That was that graphic novel idea you were working on, right?
That was the weird novel I was working on, yes.
Still stuck, but that's nothing new.
It sure looks fake to me.
If they have a shooting team, I'm avoiding 'em.
That's pretty much how it was classically used in combat:
The development of Roman weapons and armour
The use of the pilum was instrumental in Roman infantry warfare. This weapon is thought to be of Etruscan origin. It proved highly effective against enemy shields. It was a javelin fixed with a long, slender iron tip that was designed to bend upon impact with a shield, or the ground if the thrower should miss (Warry, 133). If the pilum hit the shield, it would stick in, thereby encumbering the shield bearer, causing him to flee or fight with the disadvantage of being bereft of a shield. If the javelin hit the ground, it was made useless so that it could not be thrown back (Warry, 133).
The new Roman army was arranged in three lines of heavily armed troops: the triarii, principes, and the hastati (Hackett, 141). The triarii were used as a last ditch defense as they still fought in phalanx style but with the Italian scutum. The principes were now armed with a two heavy pila, as well as the usual hoplite panoply as these comprised the old Servian first class (Hackett, 141). The hastati named for their weapon, the spear (hasta), were the first line of troops. They were used to break up the enemy charge by hurling their heavy pila and rushing in with their swords (Warry, 112). The principes then followed suit. This was often enough to defeat most enemies. The last three classes: the rorarii, ascensi, and the leves were as lightly armed as ever and most likely acted as skirmishers and flank guards.
LOL! When you get unstuck let me see it :-)
The hubby managed to grab the arrow.
Willdo.
Probably will rewrite the entire thing.
Really, the guy is recalled from death by The Eternal, he has power over shadow and illusion, can shape shift and such.
But since night time is his natural element, wouldn't the illusion he wears all the time on the outside to hide his real self behind crumble at sundown?
Weird idea, but interesting enough to pursue.
She looks real to me!
Anthony Kelly (Reaction Extreme Trainer)
Most Arrows Caught By Hand (credit: Guinness World Records):
Australia's Anthony Kelly caught 10 arrows in 2 minutes, standing at a distance of 13 m (42.65 ft) from the archer at the studios of El Show de los Récords, Madrid, Spain on December 5th, 2001.
A series of discoveries and accidents led him to the "miraculous vitamin" or Miraclo. He found that concentrated doses of that "vitamin" gave a strength and vigor to test mice several times that of normal. Taking a dose, Rex found that his strength and vitality and speed increased to that of super-human levels. However, the human body could only process the Miraclo for an hour at a time, whereafter the subject was weakened and returned to human strength levels.
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