New to GURPs; not sure where to start

[DouglasCole]

Originally Posted by Xplo

The people in those debates are nitpicking. Damage in GURPS isn't 100% realistic, but it's a reasonably good simulation of real life, and much, much more realistic (and gritty) than D&D is.

As a person involved in the debate in question, I agree completely.

The net/net of all that discussion seems to be that, if anything, bow damage is flatter than the GURPS ST tables make it out, but at the ST10-14 level for a longbow, you're basically in the right place (1d-1 to 1d+2 impaling damage).