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Originally Posted by JAW
Well - one handed lift of a thing from goround to over ones head in two seconds is 2*BL. Drawing a bow is shorter than from ground to over ones head. It's effectively one handed though it's not easier to draw a bow with two hand than would be drawing it one handed if the other part was fixed..
but 2* BL gives only 40 LBS for average guy..
8*BL - two handed lift could be closer.
If a standard (min strenght 11) longbow is 100LBS an average guy could barely draw it fully - giving -1 to hit. ST 11 is enough for 150LBS bows with no problem then..
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Sport archery guides recommend #45-#65 bows for normal people, with the lower range for people of small build and the upper range for men 150 lbs. to 180 lbs.
Me and DouglasCole agreed that the optimal draw weight for a trained archer was between 2.5xBL to 3xBL.
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Originally Posted by JAW
However GURPS bows hit max damage only at thrust+4 so the upper tolerance for longbow would be strenght 17 and for composite bow strength 15..
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Judging from reverse engineered damage and range, it's quite likely that the maximum ST for a historical longbow found was ST 18.
Of course, the ST damage scale in GURPS is somewhat off at higher levels, so that's not a good benchmark.