Bigger and Smaller bows - HELP -

[HellHound]

[color=white]Bow			Base Price		Range Increment			Damage
Tiny or smaller		5 gp			20 ft				1d3
Small			12 gp			35 ft				1d4
Medium 			30 gp			60 ft				1d6
Large			75 gp			100 ft				1d8
Huge			185 gp			150 ft				2d6
Gargantuan		460 gp			210 ft				2d8
Colossal		1,000 gp		280 ft				4d6
Colossal+		2,500 gp		360 ft				4d8[/color]

[color=white]Composite Bows		Max Mighty	Base Price	Range Inc.	Damage
Tiny or smaller Bow	+0 max				30 ft		1d3
Small Bow		+1 max				45 ft		1d4
Medium Bow		+2 max		75 gp 		70 ft		1d6
Large Bow		+4 max		100 gp 		110 ft		1d8
Huge Bow		+8 max				160 ft		2d6
Gargantuan Bow		+14 max				220 ft		2d8
Colossal Bow		+22 max				290 ft		4d6
Colossal+ Bow		+32 max				370 ft		4d8
[/color]

Now... you can see my problem most likely... it's pricing the bows... the pricing I gave in the non-composite bows is what I settled on, which is that each size is 2.5 times the price of the previous size... but the relation between normal and composite bows is lacking...

Shortbow - 30 gp
Composite Shortbow - 75 gp

Longbow - 75 gp
Composite Longbow - 100 gp

GAH!

Help!

 

[Sir Whiskers]

Considering that a composite bow only has a slight advantage in range increment over the non-composite variety, I would ignore the cost difference between the two shortbows and use the longbows as your base point. (I know - composite bows can be mighty bows, but there are rules for figuring the cost of that exclusive of the base cost of the bow)

Consider:

Longbow 75 gp
Comp longbow 100 gp or 75gp*1.33

Using 1.35 as a multiplier, I come up with the following costs:

Tiny or smaller Bow 7 gp
Small Bow 15 gp
Medium Bow 75 gp
Large Bow 100 gp
Huge Bow 250 gp
Gargantuan Bow 620 gp
Colossal Bow 1350 gp
Colossal+ Bow 3375 gp

Just my 2 cents' worth...

 

[CRGreathouse]

If you want to keep the 2.5 relationship, assume the price of the composite bows starts above 0. This would give you:

60
65
75
100
160
320
710
1680