Pepper Bombs
Pepper bombs were an improvised weapon used in defense of Redwall Abbey against Badredd's gang. They were also used against Raga Bol and his crew. Pepper bombs consisted of a small sack of hotroot pepper, which was thrown either by paw, with a sling, or by tying two sacks together with rope and using a window pole like a catapult to fling them. On impact, the bomb would release pepper, temporarily blinding opponents and sending them into coughing fits - a sustained bombardment caused much disarray among its targets. However, the weapon did have the drawback that if one was dropped, it would cause intense burning and sneezing among its throwers as well, as the Redwallers found out.
The pepper bombs were conceptualized by Buffle and Gurvel.
Books
[edit]Pepper bombs appear in Loamhedge