Bows-n-Arrows (Re: Enchanted Items)

[woodruff@cadence.com (Ken Woodruff)]

> > Really I guess there should be more of a spectrum of power in the
> > bow-artifact genre.  Ordinary bows become useless at medium levels,
> > while even the Bow of Auriga is useless at high levels.
> 
> I agree that bows tend to be too "wimpy" against higher level
> monsters. 

I think weapon damages are clearly flawed here.  Far more people
have been slain by archers than by knights wielding large morning stars,
in fact even a cursory review of historical battles would show that missile
weapons are the definitive technological advantage, regularly defeating
even apparently overwhelming numbers of foot soldiers.  The solution--
up the damage done by arrows (a lot).  To keep game balance the bows'
weapon speed could be modified (or a bow weapon skill could be added, but
that's another discussion entirely).

Remember "The Hobbit"?   An army of axe-wielding dwarves couldn't bruise
that dragon, but one arrow killed him.

--Ken

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