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Default: DX-5

Bow (DX/Average) is a skill to shoot the longbow, short bow, and all similar bows.

Classic[]

B99 "A pole or rifle could parry like a spear, a bow like a light club. However, parrying just once with a bow will ruin it as a bow."

Basic[]

For muscle-powered melee and missile weapons, such as swords and bows, damage is ST-based and expressed as a modifier to the wielder’s basic thrusting (thr) or swinging (sw) damage[1]

Supplements[]

GURPS Martial Arts contains styles and style perks for archers, including Strongbow.

Pyramid 3/33: Low Tech contains The Deadly Spring, a set of very optional rules for building realistic bows and crossbows of all sizes and materials.

Kromm Quotes[]

Sean Punch has commented on Bow in the following posts to the SJG GURPS Forums:

  • April 2007 on the ST rating of bows [1]
  • October 2007 on Bow versus Bow Sport skill [2]
  • May 2008 on bow ST [3]
  • August 2010 on shooting while grappled [4]

See Also[]

Additional Information[]

PK's guide http://www.mygurps.com/r_archer.html


References[]

  1. B268
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