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Originally Posted by Polydamas
But again, all it takes to dispove "all warbows had draw weights of 100 lbs or more" is one culture which didn't do that, and I cited two: TL 1 Egyptians and TL 2 Scythians (and their Greek, Persian, etc. neighbours who used similar bows and arrows). I'll track down that book by Karpowicz some time.
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I should, I admit, have said
'warbows at mature/late TL2+'. Before that, you got all sorts.
But my point was that a bow useful for what Molokh is asking for here (killing armoured point targets) and not just area harassment, would be a warbow and it would be of a heavy draw. That lighter bows were used in warfare is certainly true, but not for anything that would actually serve the purposes of a small band of PCs trying to kill foes.