SRD:Sling

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Sling

Simple One-Handed Projectile Critical: ×2 Range Increment: 50 ft. Type: Bludgeoning Hardness: 2
Size	Cost	Damage	Weight^1	hp^1
Fine	—	—	*	*
Diminutive	—	1	*	*
Tiny	—	1d2	*	*
Small	—	1d3	0 lb.	*
Medium	—	1d4	0 lb.	*
Large	—	1d6	0 lb.	*
Huge	—	1d8	*	*
Gargantuan	—	2d6	*	*
Colossal	—	3d6	*	*
For values marked with an asterisk, the SRD gives neither this value directly nor a means to determine it.

Description

Your Strength modifier applies to damage rolls when you use a sling, just as it does for thrown weapons. You can fire, but not load, a sling with one hand. Loading a sling is a move action that requires two hands and provokes attacks of opportunity.

You can hurl ordinary stones with a sling, but stones are not as dense or as round as bullets. Thus, such an attack deals damage as if the weapon were designed for a creature one size category smaller than you and you take a −1 penalty on attack rolls.

Enhancements

Sling Material Enhancements

Material	Average	Masterwork^1	Hardness	hp^2	Special
Leather	—	300 gp	2	*	—
Adamantine	—	n/a	n/a	n/a	—
Deep Crystal	—	1,000 gp	10	*	Psionic
Mundane Crystal	—	300 gp	8	*	No rusting, not metal
Darkwood	—	n/a	n/a	n/a	—
Iron, Cold	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	—
Mithral	—	n/a	n/a	n/a	—
Silver, Alchemical	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	—
Masterwork weapons have a +1 enhancement bonus on attack rolls. For values marked with an asterisk, the SRD gives neither this value nor a means to determine it.

Magical/Psionic Weapon Enhancements

Bonus Value	Additional Cost^1	Hardness Increase^2	Additional hp^2
+1	+2,000 gp	+2	+10
+2	+8,000 gp	+4	+20
+3	+18,000 gp	+6	+30
+4	+32,000 gp	+8	+40
+5	+50,000 gp	+10	+50
+6	+72,000 gp^3	+12	+60
+7	+98,000 gp^3	+14	+70
+8	+128,000 gp^3	+16	+80
+9	+162,000 gp^3	+18	+90
+10	+200,000 gp^3	+20	+100
+11 or more	+ bonus squared × 20,000 gp	+ enhancement bonus × 2	+ enhancement bonus × 10
Increase total cost for magical enhancement by 2,000 gp for cold iron weapons. Unlike the additional cost, the increase the weapon's hardness and hit points are only gained from its enhancement bonus, not its special abilities. If the weapon has a magical bonus greater than +5 or a special ability worth more than +5, the weapon is epic. Multiply magic cost by 10.

See Also

• Bullets, Sling
• SRD:Weapon Qualities
• SRD:Weapons
• Wikipedia: Sling

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