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Old 10-16-2014, 11:27 PM   #7
DouglasCole
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Default Re: Typical ST for a war bow?

I assume the high ST bows are firing appropriately heavy arrows (0.15 to 0.25 lbs), but yeah, that poundage of bow will do some impressive penetration if mated to a hard forged arrowhead. Note that even your big monster won't punch through 3mm (3 x 2.75 = DR 8.25) of plate assuming armor as good in quality as RHA (which is neither good nor bad as far as armor steel goes). If you want "realistc" penetratio results, you'll want to think of DR as "dice of protection," and 3mm of good steel would be about 2d+1.
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