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Old 01-27-2023, 11:01 PM   #14
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Default Re: Fast Draw critical success

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Originally Posted by mburr0003 View Post
If that's Lars Anderson, he uses a reduced strength bow. IIRC it's around 20 pound pull, which is around ST 6-7? He's also not performing full draws.
No doubt, his shots aren't backed by strong bows or full draws. If we want to be fully realistic, the game's super-speed shots should probably involve operating at less than full strength. The same likely holds for Rapid Strike too: in reality, those double-speed greatsword swings should be shorter and weaker than the full chop. (I think there were protests along those lines on the forums way back when a Rapid Strike-like mechanism was just an idea being tossed about.)

But: For dungeon-delving cinematic "realism", crazy-fast attacks at full power sound right!
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