Adding to Avril's Ask the Staff re: Throw

[Bestatte]

Similar questions, plus suggestion.

I remember from a previous PC that you can throw kruth cards at each other. But this occurred in a "private place" out of the jurisdiction of the militia. I do remember also, however, that it did -not- cause the NPC guards in the building to go ballistic. So I'm unsure if that's just a kruth card feature, or a feature of the fact that we were all clanned in the same clan, or what.

I remember also that certain foodstuffs can be thrown - but this happened while the perpetrator was hiding - so again, I'm not sure if that was the hiding that prevented the guy from getting busted, or if foodstuffs don't activate the crim-code.

Obviously - I would expect things that are coded and flagged as "weapons" to invoke the crim-flag when used in the same room as your target, if the target is another "non-inanimate object." But I've never seen anyone try it so I really don't know. If it doesn't do this, perhaps it should.

Suggestion - since there -are- some things I know don't work at the present time:

Be able to "shoot" or "throw" weapons in a direction without targetting it at someone specific. How many times have people wanted to scare someone away - but not try to hurt them - by shooting an arrow down in the next room where their enemy is? If you try to use a rock coded as a "bludgeoning weapon" - you have to aim it at a target. You can't just plain throw it. Same for bows/arrows. I haven't tried darts or blowguns or slingshots yet.

There have been times when I've seen a "bigugly" in the next room and wanted to RP trying to shoo it away. But I can't - because the code doesn't allow it, and even if I emote it, the bigugly in the other room won't see the emote to respond (with "bigugly" being anything from an NPC critter to a evul sorcie guy PC).

So yeah - I wanna "throw rock west" and then shout "The next one's aimed at your face, muthafukka!"

[Morrolan]

I've used this with shoot but it doesn't seem to work with throw.  The code for shoot is in the help_archery file.

It would be a neat to have this coded for throw as well.

Morrolan

[Delirium]

Be able to "shoot" or "throw" weapons in a direction without targetting it at someone specific. How many times have people wanted to scare someone away - but not try to hurt them - by shooting an arrow down in the next room where their enemy is?

So yeah - I wanna "throw rock west" and then shout "The next one's aimed at your face, muthafukka!"

You can do that with arrows, and I have done almost precisely that. Of course, the muthafucka in question apparently just thought I couldn't hit him, but, c'est la vie...

The syntax is

>shoot <near/far> <direction>

Throw, I haven't experimented with. But it -would- be cool if you could throw a lit torch into the next room by doing a

>throw near <down/east/west/south/north>

.. That'd rock. Anyone know if it's already possible? (You'd have to be able to brandish the torch, for starters.)

[mansa]

I've seen someone throw a fruit at someone else, and not get wanted.  It was in the Bard's Barrel.  

I am assuming that you only get 'wanted' when you start combat, which would be from throwing a 'weapon' of some sort.  Don't throw something classified as a weapon, and you don't get wanted.  Trust me on this.

[Bogre]

You usually can throw anything, but a weapon will do damage if it lands and causes a wanted level.

[Bestatte]

That isn't entirely true Bogre. You can throw anything *at a specified target.* You cannot throw west, or throw east, or throw up (well, you can throw up, but that doesn't have much to do with the topic.)

As I posted previously, I *think* you can throw kruth cards in just a direction and not targetted at anyone or anything specific. It's been awhile since I've tried though.

[Tlaloc]

Actually, I think the deal is: you can throw anything your character can hold, at a person, if they are in the same room as your character. It will only do damage, and be an 'offensive' action if it is a weapon suited for throwing (and a few other factors added in here and there). The rest falls into the realm of RP for people to play out, as they will. Obviously, throwing a chair at a noble will likely garner a negative response, regardless of if it does damage or not. Simlarly, throwing a piece of shit at a rinthi elf will probably yield positive, happy results (from everyone except the elf, heh).