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** ''Discworld'' also gives us The Piecemaker, a ballista used as a handweapon for a troll. It fires a bundle of arrows at once that ignite from air friction and turns into a fireball after some airtime. With a safe place being one hundred meters behind the weapon, preferably with some sort of wall between. The first time Detritus used it, the entire shooting range was devastated (along with a few seagulls who happened to be on the wrong place, AKA directly above Detritus). Needless to say, any thug in Ankh-Morpork surrenders before Detritus even starts to aim. |
** ''Discworld'' also gives us The Piecemaker, a ballista used as a handweapon for a troll. It fires a bundle of arrows at once that ignite from air friction and turns into a fireball after some airtime. With a safe place being one hundred meters behind the weapon, preferably with some sort of wall between. The first time Detritus used it, the entire shooting range was devastated (along with a few seagulls who happened to be on the wrong place, AKA directly above Detritus). Needless to say, any thug in Ankh-Morpork surrenders before Detritus even starts to aim. |
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* In ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'', Zhuge Liang uses one of these to replenish his ammunition supplies in the lead up to the battle of Red Cliff.<ref>Yes, the same one as the [[Red Cliff|one above in the Film section]]</ref> With Zhuge's ships hiding in a fog, Cao decides that its too risky to attempt boarding them and instead relies on a hail of arrows to kill anybody who happened to be on deck. Zhuge used mats and straw dummies to collect the arrows. Once he was satisfied with his haul, Zhuge sailed off, only to reuse them in his attack against Cao's army. So famous is this maneuver that the Chinese saying "孔明借箭“ came directly from this. Translated literally, it means "Kong Ming (Zhuge Liang's nickname) borrows arrows." |
* In ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'', Zhuge Liang uses one of these to replenish his ammunition supplies in the lead up to the battle of Red Cliff.<ref>Yes, the same one as the [[Red Cliff|one above in the Film section]]</ref> With Zhuge's ships hiding in a fog, Cao decides that its too risky to attempt boarding them and instead relies on a hail of arrows to kill anybody who happened to be on deck. Zhuge used mats and straw dummies to collect the arrows. Once he was satisfied with his haul, Zhuge sailed off, only to reuse them in his attack against Cao's army. So famous is this maneuver that the Chinese saying "孔明借箭“ came directly from this. Translated literally, it means "Kong Ming (Zhuge Liang's nickname) borrows arrows." |
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== Mythology and Religion == |
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* ''[[Hindu Mythology|Dhanur-veda]]'' ("Knowledge of the Bow") has advice on penetrating force, notes that good aim is more important (so the draw strength is best limited to the level that doesn't require too much strain, impairing precision), but also: |
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{{quote|'''1857:''' An archer, who thinks his arrows are [light] like grass, his bows [consuming] like burning fuel and the bow-string [attractive] like his life, is considered to be a best archer. }} |
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== Live Action Television == |
== Live Action Television == |
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