What's your iron threshold?

[Steve Plambeck]

Originally Posted by Axly Suregrip

This does mean it is okay for a wizard to use bows (not crossbows) without a penalty. [emphasis mine]

But remember the Chinese bronze crossbow, mass produced by the Han dynasty around 200 BC. Bronze firing mechanism, bronze bolts, no iron at all. A shot could go through a tree trunk at over 100 paces. Beware the wizard with one of those!