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<blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 6736083" data-attributes="member: 221"><p>Something I was pondering today, after buying a couple of arrows preparatory to hunting some food...</p><p></p><p>RPG arrows tend to be cheap. A Pathfinder longbow for instance cost 75 gp and 20 arrows costs 1 gp. </p><p></p><p>In real life, arrows are actually quite expensive. A single cheap hunting arrow with a broad head is going to run you about $10, and its quite easy to spend two or three times that on 1 arrow. A longbow on the other hand is going to run you $75-200. In other words, twenty arrows can easily cost twice as much as a bow. </p><p></p><p>Looking around, this was true historically of real arrows. In 1518, for instance, an english longbow would have cost you 3s. 4d., and the sheaf of arrows and furniture would have been 5s. 4d. Which means that 24 arrows, in a quiver was more than the bow itself. (<a href="http://www.archerylibrary.com/books/badminton/docs/chapter08/chapter8_1.html" target="_blank">source</a>) ((In modern dollars, that works up to about $168 for the bow and $262 for the arrows))</p><p></p><p>So... here's the question... how would it change the way archery is perceived if, in-game, two-dozen arrows was more expensive than the bow was? </p><p></p><p>My daughter suggests that fletching, as a craft, would be much more practiced by PCs. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wicht, post: 6736083, member: 221"] Something I was pondering today, after buying a couple of arrows preparatory to hunting some food... RPG arrows tend to be cheap. A Pathfinder longbow for instance cost 75 gp and 20 arrows costs 1 gp. In real life, arrows are actually quite expensive. A single cheap hunting arrow with a broad head is going to run you about $10, and its quite easy to spend two or three times that on 1 arrow. A longbow on the other hand is going to run you $75-200. In other words, twenty arrows can easily cost twice as much as a bow. Looking around, this was true historically of real arrows. In 1518, for instance, an english longbow would have cost you 3s. 4d., and the sheaf of arrows and furniture would have been 5s. 4d. Which means that 24 arrows, in a quiver was more than the bow itself. ([URL="http://www.archerylibrary.com/books/badminton/docs/chapter08/chapter8_1.html"]source[/URL]) ((In modern dollars, that works up to about $168 for the bow and $262 for the arrows)) So... here's the question... how would it change the way archery is perceived if, in-game, two-dozen arrows was more expensive than the bow was? My daughter suggests that fletching, as a craft, would be much more practiced by PCs. :) [/QUOTE]
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