From:	Dvixen <dvixen@********.COM>
Subject:	Bows and arrows, and knoking the things aside. (kinda)
Date:	Tue, 1 Apr 1997 18:47:41 -0800

Gurth wrote:
>
> Dvixen said on 23:56/30 Mar 97...
>
> > How do you shoot an arrow slower? <g>
>
> Put less power behind your shot? You're the archer here, but it seems to
> me that from any given bow, an arrow will travel faster the further you
> pull back the string. Or, of course, use a weaker (is that the right
> word?) bow so there's less force behind the shot anyway.

You can put less power behind your shot by not pulling to full draw. My
bow increases /decreases 2 pounds for every inch of draw variation. I
think. It's been a while since I wanted to know that math.

As for using a weaker bow, that = using a bow of lower poundage. I
should have said poundage rating per 28" draw. Poundage is measured by
taking a weight measuring thingy (what *are* they called? -
Calibrators?) at the draw point, and then pulling the string to 28"
draw. The weight indicated is the poundage/rating of the bow @ 28". Mine
is 42lbs @ 28", if that means anything to you maths types.

Here's something interesting. I thought the writer of Green Arrow had
taken a leave of his senses a few years back when I saw a reference to a
long bow of 250 pound rating. I did a bit of reasearch, and there's
indication that the British longbowmen used bows with rating this high.
I've never seen any longbows with a rating higher than 130.

> Knocking an arrow aside is done by applying a force to the side. There
> already are two forces working on it: resistance and gravity, and a third
> one could be used to push it off its normal trajectory. In simple terms:
> you hit it with something :)

Yeah yeah. ;) Three sounds much better than two. I realised after my
dull-wit of a post what I had done. *sigh* Shame on me.

ObSR2: (I've asked this before, but with all the newbies, what the hell!
;) Has anyone changed/altered the Bow rules (any of them) for Shadowrun?
I've never liked them, but can't reason out a better alternative.

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