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Originally Posted by Icelander
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.
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.
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Well - warbows are different from sport bows obviously. I reckon at least longbows would be usable at half their listed draw strength - if their draw curve is indeed curving up a "half drawn" 150 lbs longbow would require maybe that 65lbs - ie optimal for ST 11 - the min strenght. And it might indeed be good enough to be accurate - though not as accurate as a modern sport bow designed for 65lbs full draw at ranges given for ST 11.
Way to reality test this would of course be having a fairly regular ST 11 archer shoot with a replica longbow that is 150 lbs at full draw..