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
- GURPS Weapons: Bows
- The Crossbow vs. the Longbow in the Medieval Period
- Could this device have changed medieval European history?
References[]
- Basic Set, p. 182.
- GURPS Low-Tech, p. 74: ST rating of bows
- ↑ B268