11-28-2008, 02:37 AM | #121 | |
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11-28-2008, 06:07 AM | #122 | ||
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The recommended draw weight for people applies regardless. Quote:
A fairly normal-looking man can do so, but only after having practised shooting longbows for many years.
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11-28-2008, 09:10 AM | #123 | ||
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If one looks at the draw curve - http://www.mrfizzix.com/archery/bow.html - of a non compoud bow one sees that the required draw force is half the maximum at halfway.. And the green area here is the accumulated energy.. So if you draw a 150lbs longbow halfway you load it with as much energy as drawing a 75 lbs bow fully (if the draw curve is straight - which it isn't but should be close enough..) - in any case if you draw it to until 75 LBs you get as much energy as with a 75 lbs bow with similar draw curve. So you should be able to use 150lbs bow.. Quote:
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11-28-2008, 09:16 AM | #124 | |
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Which is clearly not true. If you're wondering whether he could use it by drawing it only halfway to his chest, perhaps he could. But it would strain him more than using a bow designed for his own ST and it would be less accurate. I'd apply an unfamilitarity penalty for shooting at such a weird angle and I'd penalise Acc by -1. And charge an extra 1 FP after a battle.
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11-28-2008, 09:19 AM | #125 | |
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I think that proportionally fewer people in the late 15th and 16th century could use 150lb warbows than in the 14th century. I think the archers on the Mary Rose were among that section of society who could still draw a warbow of acceptable power. That makes them an elite at any time, but a much rarer elite than two or three generations before.
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11-28-2008, 09:27 AM | #126 | |
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11-28-2008, 09:34 AM | #127 | |
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As I understand English longbows were mass produced for widespread use - they were not custom made for each user.. |
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11-28-2008, 09:35 AM | #128 | ||
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That is an ambigious sentence and I read it the wrong way. Quote:
And every male was expected to be able to use a longbow. Not every male carried one that drew a 150lb. Those archers who used lighter bows might not have been prefered as battlefield soldiers, but they could shoot in competitions and hunt.
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11-28-2008, 09:42 AM | #129 | |
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And while a beginner might grow into a bow, it makes no sense to equip soldiers (who have been shooting their bows for years or decades) with bows that draw too much. It yields no benefit and it detracts from their effectiveness. Not to mention that the specific method of drawing a longbow is attested in many period sources. There is no evidence of anyone drawing a warbow in any other way, nor is it stated that some people drew their bows fully and others did not. The way a longbow is aimed depends on muscle memory and experience. It depends on every release being done in the same way. If someone were to draw the bow less than half the way, he'd have no frame of reference for aiming it. All his experience would be useless.
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11-28-2008, 09:43 AM | #130 | |
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I don't know of any reference to using a partial draw on a heavy bow, although it might work in emergencies. But a bow suited to the archer's strength would be more practical. The English were very proud of using a full draw on heavy bows, but if you look at the sources the idea of archers who only draw to the chest seems to be a myth.
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