[DF] Bow fencers with Swashbuckler lens

[DouglasCole]

Originally Posted by Bruno

I wrote it up on my wiki :)

http://ottgaming.grimoire.ca/Borderl...nt#New_Weapons

There was a whole thread about it here.

The rules in The Deadly Spring for non-working portions of bows would handle this one pretty well, actually.

You'd build this as (say) a six-foot bow, with 2-3 feet of non-working limb in the middle. The bladed part would not deflect, and thus would not detract too much from efficiency, though balance might be wonky, and a -1 Acc and/or increased min ST just due to the extra weight of the blades might be in order.

The best way to use the weapon as a "real" melee device would likely be to CUT the bowstring, which would get the limbs of the bow out of the way, and turn it into something resembling a real bladed staff.

I cannot believe I'm typing this. Still, is all this really is is a take-down bow with projecting bits off of the riser.