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Old 01-02-2003, 09:10 AM   #19
karlosovic
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Join Date: December 1, 2002
Location: Newcastle, Australia
Age: 47
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Quote:
Originally posted by Bardan the Slayer:
Butterfingers is correct. A stronger character would use a bow with significantly higher draw weight at full pull, making the arrow travel faster and hit harder.

Sadly, for simplicity reasons, a bow in BG is just a bow. Were it closer to real life, there would be a large variety of bows, useable by different strengths, that added a certain amount of strength damage.
Short bow -> Long Bow -> Composite Longbow
3 bow types require str 3, 6, 18
composite longbow, even though it requires massive strength, only does +1 damage and same THAC0 bonus as the long bow. I agree, there should be more variety... 6 -> 18 is a rather large jump for a simple +1 dam.
Maybe str requirement for a CLB should be reduced to say, 15 ?
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