10-19-2014, 04:02 PM | #51 | |
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Re: Typical ST for a war bow?
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One thing that you could do is to have bog-standard archery be on the slow or average progression, but if you have WM (Bows) you move to Fast. Or just leave it as-is, and let that perk give you access to the ST progression. I'm not sure it'll matter, though, because otherwise you're saying "sure, you have DX+2 in a ranged weapon skill, but somehow you got it without learning how to bend the bow correctly."
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10-19-2014, 04:24 PM | #52 | |
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Broad application of Trained ST also opens up the possibility of perks such as Strongflail and Strongfist. Based on TallIan's experience, Bows sounds like it might be Fast progression, but that could also be eliminating familiarity penalties as well. |
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10-19-2014, 05:22 PM | #53 | ||
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10-19-2014, 06:53 PM | #55 |
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10-19-2014, 07:17 PM | #56 | |
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Edit: In retrospect, this makes several of my posts confusing since I'm misusing the term Strongbow for something else. Last edited by Tyneras; 10-19-2014 at 07:24 PM. |
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10-19-2014, 08:15 PM | #57 | |
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10-19-2014, 08:46 PM | #58 |
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Re: Typical ST for a war bow?
That's a good point, actually. And it makes it for a nice perk and justification for it.
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10-19-2014, 09:38 PM | #59 |
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Re: Typical ST for a war bow?
I would think that extrapolating backwards would be easier -- perhaps the 100 lb. bow is ST 10, and then every 10-20 lbs. pull more is ST+1. I know Doug Cole did a fine job with his bow article, but he also hosed arrow damage somewhat, too, to make it more "realistic" -- and if I recall, dropped Acc and some other bits. I think you'd need to take his whole package of nerfing bows just get someplace reasonable. But all of this is trying to rebuild GURPS into something else, if that is your vision of how it works, and that's all fine, too. But it may be more trouble than it's worth; it certainly is to me. It might be easier to make the key assumption that the average military age guy is able to draw the average militarily useful bow (whatever its pull), and then give the specially bred super archers trained ST or Strongbow perk (or a leveled version of Strongbow) and go on.
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10-19-2014, 09:56 PM | #60 |
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Re: Typical ST for a war bow?
One arm pulling and holding of 100 lbs doesn't sound heroic average ST 10 to me.
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