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weak bow - 75ft average bow - 150ft strong bow - 275ft weak crossbow - 100ft average crossbow - 175ft strong crossbow - 300ft javelin - 100ft sling - 200ft throwing axe - 50ft throwing knife - 50ft Do those look anywhere near right? Edit: Increased some of the ranges.

OK, I guess I should be looking for the maximum ranges vs a single target for bows. Volley fire should be left for large-scale miniature battles (like Warhammer Fantasy). The rest of the weapons can't seem to use volley fire so I guess I just need to know the maximum ranges for them. I have some...

What would be good maximum ranges for the following weapons? I'm looking for both the maximum range overall, and the maximum range at which the weapon still has a chance of hitting and injuring a single human-sized target. weak bow (about 50lb draw weight) average bow (about 100lb draw weight)...

I'm having a lot of trouble finding information on the medieval military pick, also known as a mattock or crowbill. In particular I'm looking for the weapon's average weight and size. I'm also interested in knowing when it was in use. Can anyone suggest some good web sites with information on...

I was waiting for someone to post something like this. OK, I think I've been able to sort out some swords from the late middle ages (1300-1500) Arming Sword: one-handed, equally good at slashing as it is at piercing Cut and Thrust: one-handed, better at piercing than slashing Estoc: can be...

Oops. If any mods are reading this can this thread please be moved?

I'm trying to come up with a list of weapons that existed in Europe during the late middle ages (1300 to 1500. If anyone has a list made up already please send me a copy ;) ). I'm having a little trouble figuring out which swords I want to include in the list. I've found three main ones so...

According to the Silk Road book a bear pelt is worth 5gp per pound. If a character can get 135lbs of pelt from a grizzly then he can sell it for 675gp! That definitely seems like a lot.

Cool, thanks. Can't wait to check them out :)

I hope it's ok to ask this here: I'm interested in reading through the past adventures on this forum, but I have no idea where to start. Does anyone have a list of adventures, maybe listed in chronological order so I know which adventures I should read in which order? I'm mainly just looking for...

I did mean that I was interested in reading the adventures. Sorry I guess I was a bit vague on that. I'll try asking in the general discussion thread, or I may just read what I can find and forget about continuity (I'm used to it after years of reading X-Men comics)

I've just started checking out this forum and I'm a little lost. Is there an index of adventures or something, maybe listed in chronological order so I know where to start reading?

OK, if a grizzly weighs around 900lbs, that would give a pelt weighing 135lbs. Does that look right? It seems a bit heavy to me, but then I've never lifted a real grizzly bear pelt before so I have no idea how heavy it's supposed to be.

That's a good idea. Make a survival roll vs. a dc of 10. Each point over gives 1% of the animals total body weight, up to a maximum of 15%. Or something like that.

I managed to grab a copy of Silk Road. It is exactly what I was looking for, thanks. It does raise another question though. The prices for things like pelts, bones, ivory, etc are all listed by the pound. Is there an easy way to figure out how many pounds of material can be taken from each...

Does anyone have, or know where I can find, an expanded list of medieval trade goods like the short one included in the D&D player's guide? I'm mostly looking for the more valuable items that PCs would be likely to find as treasure in adventures. So more of things like saffron and gold bricks...

Does anyone happen to have a list, or know of a web site with a list, of creatures from medieval european mythology (around 1000 to 1600)? I'm having some difficulty figuring out which creatures are from ancient mythology only, which ones are from medieval european mythology only, and which ones...

Thanks for all the info HeavenShallBurn, it'll come in very handy.

By arbalest I mean the thing between a heavy crossbow and a ballista. Something like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbalest How different are modern crossbows compared to medieval crossbows? Is there any data on the effective ranges of medieval crossbows, or is it all based on modern...

Does anyone happen to know the real-world effective ranges for the following bows and crossbows: arbalest heavy/military crossbow light/hunting crossbow english longbow recurve bow short/self bow I don't need to know the true maximum ranges, just the range at which the weapon becomes so...