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Originally Posted by Johnny Angel
From what I gathered in the other thread, there was some sort of argument about guns being overall less lethal than low-tech missile weapons. I didn't quite know how to word what I was trying to say.
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Actually, it was the other way. Bows at reasonably heroic but not unrealistic ST values (say, a ST14 Composite Bow with Strongbow Perk and Special exercises for a total of +4 to allowable Bow ST) does thr+3 impale off a base thrust of 1d+2. This is 1d+5 imp (8.5pts average) which is more damage than a .40 caliber pistol (2d+1 pi+) in both penetration (8.5 vs 8pts) and wounding (17pts vs 12pts). That's pushing it, both in terms of what kinds of armor a person armed with such a bow can expect to penetrate, as well as what even larger stuff can do.