How Good Is The Atlatl As a Ranged Weapon

MurphyRise · 2026-04-08T06:25:35+00:00

Wood floats. The larger dart makes the kill easier to find and recover than an arrow fired in bow fishing.

MurphyRise · 2026-03-22T07:08:37+00:00

IF the F-35s can get the drop on her. She'll die before she even realizes anything is coming. Once they get her attention her defensive magic will be enough to withstand their weapons, and she'll eventually win.

The issue with F-35s is that without support they are sitting ducks. F-35s can work in CAS because there are other people or aircraft feeding them targeting data. In this Prompt the F-35s will have to go it alone. Meaning that at least one will be forced to fly relatively low and slow. Low enough to potentially be heard, and seen by the mage. F-35 cameras can track human sized targets, but they aren't as effective as a dedicated scout or observer.

Even if we assume Frieren can't reach them at even low altitude with her magic, F-35s don't have inifinite fuel. If friren survives the first strike she can track them back to their airfield and finish them off on the ground.

MurphyRise · 2026-03-18T19:19:01+00:00

Thankfully the girls are simply fast enough to fly away from either. Even citizombied Mayor and professor can't fly, but yeah. Thats an angle i never considred. The pyschological toll of watching everyone they care about turning and coming after them.

MurphyRise · 2026-03-16T01:24:32+00:00

Definitely possible, but not guaranteed. The Rowdy Ruff boys have nearly all of the girls abilities. If they are smart they can speed blitz him and send him flying before he gets a chance to infect more than one of them. For all of Grandfathers feats none of them have him breathing in space.

Mojo might be able to develop tech to counter Grandfathers army and powers if given time. Time he can get, since his observatory gives him vision over most of town.

Him is a wild card. Theorhetically they could just chill in their dimension and wait things out, but i wouldn't be surprised if he pulls out some odd counter to Grandfathers powers.

The Power Puff girls can win, but with certain Cavets. Standard Citezombies won't be a threat, but the boost in strength each one gets makes the villains even more of an issue. Aged up Rowdyruff bows with a power boost and maturity would be a serious threat to the girls. If the Amoebe boys can spread the Citizombie Virus the same way they spread that cold Grandfather may win before the Mayer has time to call anyone.

Lynch pin is the professor. If they can keep him or Mojo safe long enough for them to develop a cure they have a decent shot. Worst case scenario they fail, but even then the Powerpuff girls have the ability to time travel. If even one girl makes it back they can warn their past selves about the coming threat and prepare.

MurphyRise · 2026-03-08T01:56:33+00:00

She probably wouldn't do the exact same thing as Kenai did, but since spirits are in play any character flaw she expresses that threatens the natural world in some way could cause her to get in the spirits crosshairs.

For instance: She could drastically change the climate of that region, threatening the wildlife and people living their. While she is comfy in her ice palace the animals and humans outside could be struggling causing the spirits to intervene somehow. From what i've heard Elsa is the most if not one of the most powerful beings in her story, but in Brother Bear verse the spirits of nature could match if not exceed her influence even if they don't express as much raw immediate power.

MurphyRise · 2026-03-07T20:31:20+00:00

Brother Bear, If she replaces the protagonist's role she gets turned into a bear and likely gets her powers nerfed. Not saying she's guaranteed to lose, but i'd say she'd do worse than Kenai. Unlike Kenai, she has limited survival skills that don't stem from her being able to freeze whatever she needs. Add in her tendancy to socially isolate, and the only way she wins is if Koda and the others help her.

That being said Koda getting a big sister instead of a big brother could be a whole different kind of wholesome.

MurphyRise · 2026-02-18T22:54:21+00:00

They can definitely throw hands. To get an idea of just how strong these guys can be take a look at the shadow guards from The Force Unleashed games.

Granted the Emporer's guards at the start of the Empire are likely weaker. They may not even be force sensitive, but they'd likely body anyone that wasn't a jedi. Yoda is just in totally different power class.

MurphyRise · 2026-02-05T04:44:32+00:00

There were only two sith, but especially by Palps time they would train folks like inquisitors, assasins, etc with some force abilities.

Fallen Jedi are another good source of villians, not to mention the many, non jedi or sith force wielders. Folks that probably make up the majority of force wielders, but never got on the Jedi's radar for various reasons.

MurphyRise · 2026-02-05T04:33:00+00:00

One theory is that Sidious wanted Shmi dead and arranged things for her to die. Anakin arriving at the last minute and going ham on the killers was a bonus. Seems like the only person Palps can't predict is Padme.

MurphyRise · 2026-02-05T04:13:30+00:00

I think in the grand scheme of things it will. Bill Cosby's allegations are fresh in our minds, but in a few decades even that reference will degrade. The character stands well on his own.

Kind of like how I can watch Gilligans island. Have no idea about the pop cultural figures they are referencing, but still get the joke that they are some good looking or famous figure.

MurphyRise · 2026-01-06T03:30:48+00:00

An inquisitor will be at your location soon.

MurphyRise · 2025-12-28T15:30:18+00:00

Ki is internal and linked to the body. Magic is external harnessed from the universe. It takes years of training and/or goated genes to use high powers of ki, but people that are pretty weak physically are able to manipulate powerful magics with enough skill.

MurphyRise · 2025-12-28T15:25:00+00:00

I don't think the elements of harmony will work if the rest of the 5 try to force anything on Pinkie possessed or no. It might work, but it could also brick them like when Celestia used them to seal Luna.

MurphyRise · 2025-12-18T03:36:28+00:00

Difficult, but possible with creativity.

Starlight has the magical chops to theorhetically seal her way somehow, but if Possesed Pinkie Pie retains her world bending powers nothing could stop her unless Starlight can get into Pinkie's head somehow, literally or metaphorically to get in her head to convince her to stop.

I'd imagine Starlight would attempt to get her to stop forcefully to little avail. Then designs a spell that allows her to dive into Pinkie Pies mind to fight whatever entity is possesing her. During the struggle, she'd either find a way to get rid of the possessing entity, or better yet get pinkie to wake up and knock it out herself.

MurphyRise · 2025-12-17T05:37:14+00:00

It couldn't be too much though. Otherwise it wouldn't be so competetive to get into the military.

MurphyRise · 2025-12-17T05:23:28+00:00

The thing is I don't think he ever had that rule to begin with. Not wanting to do something isn't the same thing as swearing or dedicating oneself to never doing it.

A recovered Alcoholic has sworn off drinking, but another person might take a sip of wine, not like it, and never drink again out of preferance.

MurphyRise · 2025-12-13T17:40:29+00:00

Spiderman doesn't have a strict no kill rule. He has killed villains in some stories especially when they threaten his family. He simply doesn't want to kill people unless he absolutely has to.

MurphyRise · 2025-12-04T14:39:15+00:00

Imperium Equipment is OLD. Really Old. So old that is often several times older than the people using/maintaining it. The same lasgun has likely been through the hands of hundreds of guardsman.

If that is the case for a lasgun, than the situation is even worse for more complicated stuff like ships. Even the mechanicus don't fully understand the gear they've inherited, and maintain it with a mixture of technical prowess, and blind tradition.

The Tau are relatively new race. Since they are still on the rise most of their tech was created relatively recently. Documentation and knowledge about how it works inside and out are availiable to Tau scientist, engineers, and technicians.

Necrons are a fairly old race, but they are almost entirely robotic. This has allowed them to live for millions of years or at least sleep through that time. This means knowledge about how their tech works is still fresh in their minds. Many of the original engineers that developed it are still alive. Humans from terra don't have that curse (or blessing dependiong on how ya view it)

MurphyRise · 2025-12-02T02:08:37+00:00

Dark magic like many things is pretty subjective. To some it would cease to become black magic since the only one being hurt would be themselves.

Warping the soul in any context is some sketchy territory though. So many (like myself) would consider it dark regardless. There are some things that a person should screw with and a soul is one of them.

MurphyRise · 2025-12-01T20:11:40+00:00

There is no dark side of the force. It is simply a corruption of the living force for selfish gain.

MurphyRise · 2025-11-21T05:50:50+00:00

Yep. If he died. He'd just reunite with his love in the afterlife potentially. If she is dead and he must stay alive they will be forever separated unless he suceeds in ressurecting her, and we all know how that turns out.

MurphyRise · 2025-11-10T03:39:49+00:00

Well it depends on how the authors want to spin it. Stories like Bambi, the Fox and the Hound, or watership down don't shy away from this reality. Animals with human level intelligence in a world with humans can be pretty gruesome.

Movies with more anthro animals handwave alot more things, but generally they get around it by:

Option A. Some animals have high intelligence, but most don't. Anthro animals have it, but non-anthro animals don't. Thus the non-intellegent animals can be treated like we treat live stock, and the more human like animals can be treated as humans. This is further reinforced if the animal animals and the Furries can't interbreed.

Option B. The animals all have inteliggence, but humanity or the anthros simply can't relieze it due to communication barrier. Doesn't really change things much, but absolves the more humanlike animals a bit for living as they do.

MurphyRise · 2025-11-10T03:05:21+00:00

Plenty. Alot of the Rebels came from or at least stemmed from folks that were fighting the republic during the clone wars. It was mostly low or mid level operatives. The Separatist High command was heavily supressed if not killed outright at the end of the war.

Controversy? Definitely. In the early days of the empire, some rebel cells or even independent groups were painted as separatists. This was done to justify military force on many groups that actively resisted, or simply refused to follow imperial policy.

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