[LT] Rated ST for bows and crossbows

[Ze'Manel Cunha]

Originally Posted by vierasmarius

Is there an easy patch to differentiate the weight and cost of these bows? Perhaps multiple the weight and cost by the BL of the rated ST, divided by some constant (20 to keep ST10 bows the same)?

If you're talking about bows made from a single piece of wood, or with the exact same design, the same exact string¥, and the same exact everything, then a good rule of thumb is to increase weight by 1/5 lbs per 5 FPS (+1 GURPS ST*) added to arrow speed.


So if a ST 7 Short Bow weighs 2 lbs, then a ST 12 Short Bow would weigh 3 lbs, and a ST 17 Short Bow would weigh 4 lbs.


*Gotta rate it somehow...

¥Of course sometimes just upgrading to a less stretchy string on a bow can increase its draw weight, or crack the bow, if it can't handle it the less stretchy string.