Is anyone else having this trouble?

Recently I've been backtraining a few skills in thicket vipers just outside leucros and I keep losing my thrown weapons. Unfortunately what I'm using are blunt weapons which means that they will inevitably have to touch the ground at one point in time. It is absolutely unavoidable.

Once in awhile I inadvertantly leave the room without picking it and run straight back and the item has already disappeared without any janitor warning of any sort. The most recent loss was due to me running a short skinning script to arrange and skin my victim so I had a viper sac and knife in both hands. I tried to pick up mallet, error message saying no free hands but didn't notice it and walked into another room.

Tried to throw straight away, said no weapon in hand, checked inventory and ran straight back. Took 9-10 seconds and the item has already disappeared ans was replaced by a kind GM who informed me to post in the boards.

One possible fix I see is the ability to have a string tied to your thrown weapon that can be attached to your belt or hand and having it dragged along with you when you change rooms. Yes, it doesn't look the best but it is effective nontheless.

Yes, I brought this up a monthly plat meeting last month. I've had this happen a couple of times with my throwing hammers. If you leave the room, even briefly, and return your weapon will be gone, even though all the other junk still remains.


~Player of Khorgar, Dwarven Barbarian~


AIM: KhorgarDR

It's a problem I've always had.

I did a test once. I left one of my throwing mallets on the ground right next to my broadsword. I left, came back soon after, and the mallet was gone but the broadsword was still there. I was in a pretty remote area so I HIGHLY doubt someone came in and took it. Thrown weapons just aren't protected the same as normal weapons, I'm pretty positive about that. My guess is that the GMs don't want the same kind of protection on weapons that will always leave your hand.

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Vinjince

I've not lost any thrown weapons- yet. But I've heard of it happening, especially to rare and/or valuable items. So if I want to train LT I forage up a rock and use that.


Sometimes the key to happiness is not assuming it is locked in the first place- Ziggy

A journey of a thousand SMILES begins with a single step- Ziggy

I lost a fest hurling axe in swains when I had to drag a stunned/dying empath out and didn't take the time to pick the axe up first. Room had about 8 swains in it piles of junk and loot, and my hurling axe. Was only out of the room for a few moments, and when I came back only thing in there was the bartender. I figure he ran the swains out, then swept all the loot behind the bar.

Yep, there is a huge need for this kind of fix. That's why all my thrown axes and hammers are now gathering dust on my wire rack, along with my threefold staff (but that's a durability issue).


Kalkomar Axebiter
Grimis Stok

Boxes can be used as thrown weapons, so I'd like to add this here as well. Get a full load of boxes from thugs, including 1 in each hand. Make a script to climb the ladder, drop a box, climb down the grating, pick up the box you dropped, and climb back up the ladder. I always found that no matter how fast I was, if the first room in the Crossing sewers was left empty even for an instant, any boxes in that room went poof.

Alternatively, for anyone who faces this or a similar problem, just drag the box up the ladder.

-Croegar

"If somebody is alert enough to start popping AEs because they think you're there, you've failed at a critical aspect of stealth..."

-Z