Copyright (c) 1995 by <jonathanh@revolution.co.uk>

I am reminded of a one-off scare-the-hell-out-of-the-players weapon I
designed for a Cyberpunk game. Imagine a cheesewire garrot using a couple of
metres of monowire between the handles. The handles are short and heavy. Now
each handle is set into a hemisphere of that type of super bouncy
plastic/rubber that they make toy balls from, the wire protruding from the
centre of the flat face. Wind the wire up and place the hemispheres together
to sandwich the wire coil, then load the whole thing into a air-powered
grenade launcher. Fire between the closing doors of an elevator for
predictably hilarious results. Obviously, any confined space will do but it
was a lift compartment in my game. It's hopelessly impractical for anything
other than dramatic murders but the possibility of having a bouncing
slice'n'dice launched at them concentrates the players' minds wonderfully.  

Grotesque-Weapons-R-Me
J.L.H.