Slingstaff (Weapon)

Slingstaff				2-Hand Thrown / Exotic					[edit]
	Cost	Sm Dmg	Med Dmg	Large Dmg	Crit	Range	Wt	Type
	20 gp	1d4	1d6	1d10	x2	80 ft	3 lbs	Bludgeoning (physical, common) or by ammunition
	Weapon Qualities: Alchemical, Bullets, Improvised Ammo, Melee Capable
	A slingstaff is a sturdy stick with a sling attached to the very end. One end of the sling is permanently attached to the stick, while the other end has a metal ring which can be slipped over the end of the stick. Despite its simple looks, the slingstaff is a remarkably handy weapon. For one thing, unlike most other ranged weapons out there, a slingstaff is also a melee weapon. It uses the same stats as a club when used in melee, and if you are wielding a slingstaff as a melee weapon you threaten, can make opportunity attacks, etc. Even better, any enchantment placed on a slingstaff counts for both the ranged weapon function and the melee weapon function. (Magical weapon properties may be chosen which are useful for melee or ranged only, but if you do so, they only work when the weapon is being used in the permitted fashion.) Indeed, the slingstaff should probably be called the slingclub...but slingstaff sounds cooler. Your Strength modifier applies to damage rolls when you use a slingstaff just as it does for thrown weapons. You can fire, but not load, a slingstaff with one hand. You can hurl ordinary stones with a slingstaff, but stones are not as dense or as round as bullets. The listed stats above are for such free rocks. The slingstaff can use bullets and even alchemical bombs or creations as ammunition, each of which offers different damage information. Load: Loading a sling staff can be performed with either a move action or an attack action, and requires both hands (one to hold the slingstaff, and one to load the bullet). The slingstaff belongs to the "Thrown" and "Hammers" weapon groups.