Werewolf Hunter Arsenal
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:12 pm
This question rarely comes up in more serious contexts. Sure, you see it a lot, but its usually simplistic or unprofessional stuff, or the actual werewolf hunter is a plot device or something the kneecaps further analysis. So I'm interested to know what the arsenal of the average werewolf hunter is, unless that's going to spoil something later on. Though I have a couple of questions when it comes to unconventional weaponry that I never, ever seen werewolf hunters use but I think would be at least marginally useful.
Human beings have invented a lot of ways to kill each other, and though we're fragile, a lot of them have been overkill. We've come to the point that werewolves aren't vulnerable to mundane, Geneva Convention weaponry, but if a werewolf hunter is committed to their premise, I doubt they'll be following it in any case.
All of these things are readily available to the average person, and some of them are even cheap, scarily enough.
This is all in good speculation, by the way. I'm not here to get into a Were/Human superiority contest. I'm just interested to see how these things would be handled.
Hollow Pointed Bullets: This is a big one in my opinion. I never see these things show up, despite the fact that they're available in every gun shop in America (for hunting). Banned from military use by the Hague for being too brutal, hollow pointed bullets are designed to break apart inside a target creating a rather horrific bowl-like wound that is less tatters and more a soupy mess. Higher calibers obliterate bones and create really major organ damage. If the regeneration factor of a werewolf can come back from such a high amount of destructive force, the rest I have are probably questionable but I'm starting with the most mundane and going down from there.
Sticky Fire (don't try this one at home, for the love of god): Crude napalm can be made from just mixing something thick and sticky into gasoline. This isn't anything I had to look hard for, that comes from Wikipedia, so don't flag me for reposting the anarchist's cookbook on here or something. I don't think I need to even elaborate on this one.
Poison Gas: Somebody with a moderate amount of chemistry knowledge and some very simple equipment could cook household cleaning solutions and chemicals available at the grocery store into something at least heavily harmful if inhaled. Gas masks are sold at hardware stores and mining supply companies, so using this wouldn't be mutually assured destruction if the hunter comes prepared.
Shark Darts/Air Knife: Probably the most obscure thing, but a Shark Dart is a handheld tube with a small canister of compressed air in its handle. Used for defending yourself when diving, you stab the dart into a target and press a button and it releases all of the air into the target. Supposedly these things can blow a shark's organs out of its mouth. If that's not enough to give you nightmares, these things are sold at supply shops for divers. There's also air knives that do the same thing but are actual knives and can be purchased online.
Human beings have invented a lot of ways to kill each other, and though we're fragile, a lot of them have been overkill. We've come to the point that werewolves aren't vulnerable to mundane, Geneva Convention weaponry, but if a werewolf hunter is committed to their premise, I doubt they'll be following it in any case.
All of these things are readily available to the average person, and some of them are even cheap, scarily enough.
This is all in good speculation, by the way. I'm not here to get into a Were/Human superiority contest. I'm just interested to see how these things would be handled.
Hollow Pointed Bullets: This is a big one in my opinion. I never see these things show up, despite the fact that they're available in every gun shop in America (for hunting). Banned from military use by the Hague for being too brutal, hollow pointed bullets are designed to break apart inside a target creating a rather horrific bowl-like wound that is less tatters and more a soupy mess. Higher calibers obliterate bones and create really major organ damage. If the regeneration factor of a werewolf can come back from such a high amount of destructive force, the rest I have are probably questionable but I'm starting with the most mundane and going down from there.
Sticky Fire (don't try this one at home, for the love of god): Crude napalm can be made from just mixing something thick and sticky into gasoline. This isn't anything I had to look hard for, that comes from Wikipedia, so don't flag me for reposting the anarchist's cookbook on here or something. I don't think I need to even elaborate on this one.
Poison Gas: Somebody with a moderate amount of chemistry knowledge and some very simple equipment could cook household cleaning solutions and chemicals available at the grocery store into something at least heavily harmful if inhaled. Gas masks are sold at hardware stores and mining supply companies, so using this wouldn't be mutually assured destruction if the hunter comes prepared.
Shark Darts/Air Knife: Probably the most obscure thing, but a Shark Dart is a handheld tube with a small canister of compressed air in its handle. Used for defending yourself when diving, you stab the dart into a target and press a button and it releases all of the air into the target. Supposedly these things can blow a shark's organs out of its mouth. If that's not enough to give you nightmares, these things are sold at supply shops for divers. There's also air knives that do the same thing but are actual knives and can be purchased online.