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Improvised Weaponry
Topic Started: Sep 24 2010, 03:16 PM (320 Views)
dhorn
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I thought it might be fun to throw this out there. I'm interested in hearing your ideas for improvised weapons for fighting zombies that could be made with typical items that you might find in a house or a place of work. As an example, Zara has created an improvised flame thrower with an aerosol can and a flame. What ideas do you have?
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hippie_mama
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Pretty much any object could be a weapon, really. If it's heavier and more rigid than your fist (or sharp, or can ignite), it's worth your trouble to pick up. There's the typical stuff you see in movies: broken bottles (or intact bottle+flammable liquid+rag=Molotov), letter openers, shovels, big wrenches, chairs, etc. Then there's stuff you might not think of, but could be handy: a heavy snowglobe, kitchen shears, fire extinguisher, small appliances. If you happen to have supernatural strength (like Zara!) you could theoretically pick up the end of a couch and swing that around. Heck, throw a jeep at it. But if you were talking regular humans, it would be much easier. Hell, a ballpoint pen properly placed could bring a grown man down. Then there's fun stuff like the mini propane tank on a gas grill!
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Beowulf
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A road sign. I'm pretty sure that a stop sign could take of a zombie head. Snow globes and trophies crush skulls. Linen tablecloths are strong and could effectively be used as nets, zeds aren't too smart and would get entangled pretty easily, probably couldn't tear through heavy linen either. Ropes, chains, or tightly woven towels make effective weapons even against real people. Dumbbells, barbells, or even the individual adjustable weights could be used. Socks (double socks) with batteries or loose change in em'. Re-usable grocery bags with a brick or two. Molotov cocktails, any high alcohol liquid or gel can be used for traps. The list goes on...
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hippie_mama
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I considered listing things in my workplace that could be used, but that's a little unfair since i work in an RV repair shop, full of tools and heavy machinery, and the boss (my dad) keeps actual weapons in his desk. But i'll give it a shot with the more mundane stuff:

barbells (already listed by Beo, but he ninja-posted!)
boat anchors
air tanks (for diving)
RV/marine batteries
hammers/wrenches/tin snips/etc.
portable welding torches

Now i'm going to have to play a game of 'can i kill a man' with the guys, and get back to you with a comprehensive list.
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Snikers
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Napalm (or "close enough to" napalm) is simple to make if you know how. Delivering it is another matter, though a mechanically-minded person could probably whip up a sprayer with some time.

Mixing ammonia and bleach to make chlorine gas is...not nearly as lethal as its reputation would have you believe, unless you're producing it in industiral quantities (this is more of an academic question in a zombie scenario, anyway).

If you're somewhat the handyman, you probably have some lengths of galvanized pipe or wood that would make an effective club. Your tools themselves, on the other hand, are probably too cumbersome (clowbar, sledgehammer), too reliant on cutting or stabbing (nailgun, screwdriver, saws of various types), or too dangerous if you get pulled into a grapple or other chaotic situation (welding torch, electrical equipment such as circular saws or chainsaws) to be useful, though there are exceptions: you probably have a sufficient collection of hammers to find one that fits your strength and grip.

Baseball bats will f**k you up, and I don't care what Siembieda says.

The frying pan, long the staple of slapstick violence, is a very underrated weapon. If your pan can't bash someone's head in, it's not a good pan.

Many weapons perfectly effective against fellow humans may make poor choices against a zombie, because they either debilitate through overwhelming pain (sock full of pennies, towel wrapped around a bar of soap), bloodloss (blades of various sorts) or extreme skin trauma (boiling water, chemical cleaners, bleach) whereas you have to rely on structural damage. Chopping tools (hatchets, cleavers, machetes if you're in the right part of the world) would be effective, though.

Grease, oils and similar liquids may not kill a zombie, but they can make it awful hard for them to catch up with you. Those cause enough hilarious pratfalls against ordinary humans, whereas zombies are an order of magnitude less acrobatic.
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Beowulf
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In defense of the sock with loose change or a battery in it, I think it could be effectively used for skull crushing. The towel (no soap) was meant for defense as they are effective defensive tools for blinding and entangling in order to gain the upper hand in a melee either loose, or twisted up (in a whip like form, though not used as a whip).

Baseball bats (listed by snickers) can be enhanced with NAILS, as can 2x4's, though a 2x4 is likely to eventually break. Broomsticks can be easily sharpened and flamed to make makeshift spears (not used as staffs, because they will break). You could run a charging zombie through from a relatively safe distance or use them to help barricade against the mindless undead.

And don't forget... ROCKS. They can be used solo, tied to sticks, ropes, chains. They can be laid down clumsily to trip up the non-coordinated undead, they can be thrown or fired in any number of ways. Slings, for example, are VERY simple to build (another use for socks), though it takes a lot of practice to actually use one effectively (much like a bow and arrow does). I'd probably impose a -5 penalty to hit for someone not trained with an applicable WP if they improvised a sling. Sling shots are fairly simple to make as well (though industrial/pro sling shots are a lot more effective than home-made).
Edited by Beowulf, Sep 25 2010, 12:33 AM.
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More on aerosol can flamethrowers:
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