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10-20-2014, 03:01 PM | #82 |
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Re: Typical ST for a war bow?
Thank you! I'm so glad I asked, that's huge!
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10-20-2014, 05:39 PM | #84 | |
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Re: Typical ST for a war bow?
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Incidentally, my reading is that you can use overly strong bows but it wouldn't raise your damage. You're not pulling the bow all the way back.
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10-20-2014, 05:54 PM | #86 | |
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You'd use an overstrength bow because no one built a bow to exactly match your ST.
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10-20-2014, 06:03 PM | #87 |
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Re: Typical ST for a war bow?
The English bows and arrows used on the battlefield were ordered in bulk and made to a generic standard. There might be a variety of "sizes" from which to choose, but they weren't tailored for a specific archer. You have to grab the bow that most closely matched the one you were used to. There are Middle Eastern texts recommending that soldiers use warbows that are less powerful than the ones they practiced with so their accuracy improves and they don't get exhausted as quickly but this may not transfer to English tactics.
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10-20-2014, 06:07 PM | #88 |
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Re: Typical ST for a war bow?
I wonder to what degree that's just 'cheapest way of doing it', and to what degree that's an actual benefit. There's some value to having everyone using a bow with the same ballistic properties.
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10-20-2014, 06:08 PM | #89 | |
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Well even that's the case, that 75 point character can still shoot that 180# bow as a 145# bow if there's no closer bows available. |
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10-20-2014, 06:13 PM | #90 |
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Re: Typical ST for a war bow?
They are pulling them to full draw but they aren't holding them at full draw. You can't "aim" with them in the way that GURPS treats aiming.
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