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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 2393165" data-attributes="member: 18280">Another Yahoo TestDespite his skill with a bow, our Yahoo would much prefer to be away from the battlefield while the war is on.  However, once the fighting is done, he steals out to scavenge whatever he can.  Specifically, he is looking for arrows.Let's say that 500 archers fired 20 shots each during the battle, with a hit rate of roughly 50% (most conscripts were only supplied with studded leather armor, and the archers had a bit of talent).  So, 10,000 arrows were loosed in the fray.  Of these, 5,000 found their mark and were therefore destroyed.Of the remainder, 50% are either lost or destroyed.  If our Yahoo is lucky, he can find a maximum of 2,500 usable arrows on the battlefield.  That's 1/4 of the arrows used, which passes the Yahoo Test for me, numerically.However, the idea that our Yahoo can never find an intact arrow sticking out of a body seems a little odd.  We could adjust this by claiming that 10% of the arrows that hit survive, but 60% of the arrows that miss are either lost or destroyed.  More arrows that miss would be lost in areas like bogs and thick forest, of course, meaning that our Yahoo would find far fewer arrows after the Battle of the Bog.</blockquote>