tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092603842974378319.post7173536667091420399..comments2024-01-24T11:36:17.328-08:00Comments on Explore: Beneath & Beyond: Archery - a physical or a mental sport?Joe Nuttallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02395295081337987607noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092603842974378319.post-14381278198342126192016-12-15T11:55:41.575-08:002016-12-15T11:55:41.575-08:00Yes, in Explore bows have to fit the archer for th...Yes, in Explore bows have to fit the archer for the reasons you mention. I'm not sure how much to focus on this as a DM - do I insist someone has to get a stronger bow before they can make use of their newly improved strength? Or just hand wave it and assume they got one. I did decide to wave it for the effects of the spell Strength - that does give you a bonus to all damage including arrows (but not crossbow bolts!).Joe Nuttallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395295081337987607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092603842974378319.post-55824053619047598272016-12-15T11:14:24.640-08:002016-12-15T11:14:24.640-08:00Anything that makes different stats useful for dif...Anything that makes different stats useful for different thing in combat makes sense and in the context of archers who are skirmishing and shooting into melee Intuition makes a lot of sense as the proper stat.<br /><br />For Strength to give a damage bonus with a bow it would seem the archer would need a bow with a heavy pull. So they wouldn't get the bonus with a lighter bow and, on the other hand, a person with a low Strength couldn't fully draw the strong archer's bow and probably couldn't string it. <br /><br />The first literary example of this is in the Odyssey when none of the suitors are able to string the bow of Odysseus.Gaston's Hathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06153032266563901843noreply@blogger.com