Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Cost of Arrows?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 6736873" data-attributes="member: 221"><p>That 6 pack is a very good buy (notice though that its half-off; and a review from a week ago makes it clear that it was just recently discounted.) But, and you may already know this, when you buy those arrows they either come with a field tip, or else you have to purchase the tips separate (I can't actually tell from the product description, I would assume they come with the point inserts, but if they don't that's a slight additional cost). Also, you will then need to cut them yourself, which you may or may not have the tools for. But then to use them for hunting, you still have to buy some broadheads for them. The cheapest broadheads I have found thus far are at Walmart at $7 for 3 heads. So, for six hunting arrows, even at that price (20+7+7), at a minimum you are looking at $34, or $5.66 an arrow. So having scoured the planet via the internet and mass marketing for the cheapest buy, for 20 "battle-worthy" arrows you still are looking at $113 easy. </p><p></p><p>As for compound bows, you can spend as much as you want, same as with any other hobby, but you should be able to get whatever you want for less than $500. Which is still pretty comparable to the compound bows of Pathfinder with strength bonuses. But I like longbows; I don't find the compound bows as much fun. My favorite bow, bought off of ebay from China was about $80 for an ostensible 60 lb pull. (I think its probably more of a 55 lb pull in truth). </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Speaking from both the meat on the table perspective and the hobbiest perspective, the pricing for one is pretty close to the pricing for the other; the main difference is the price of the broadheads which increases the price of the arrows. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Most archers in our games tend to take the skill, if for no other reason then it often seems character appropriate. Interestingly, though, increasing the price of arrows would also increase the time needed to make them by the RAW.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wicht, post: 6736873, member: 221"] That 6 pack is a very good buy (notice though that its half-off; and a review from a week ago makes it clear that it was just recently discounted.) But, and you may already know this, when you buy those arrows they either come with a field tip, or else you have to purchase the tips separate (I can't actually tell from the product description, I would assume they come with the point inserts, but if they don't that's a slight additional cost). Also, you will then need to cut them yourself, which you may or may not have the tools for. But then to use them for hunting, you still have to buy some broadheads for them. The cheapest broadheads I have found thus far are at Walmart at $7 for 3 heads. So, for six hunting arrows, even at that price (20+7+7), at a minimum you are looking at $34, or $5.66 an arrow. So having scoured the planet via the internet and mass marketing for the cheapest buy, for 20 "battle-worthy" arrows you still are looking at $113 easy. As for compound bows, you can spend as much as you want, same as with any other hobby, but you should be able to get whatever you want for less than $500. Which is still pretty comparable to the compound bows of Pathfinder with strength bonuses. But I like longbows; I don't find the compound bows as much fun. My favorite bow, bought off of ebay from China was about $80 for an ostensible 60 lb pull. (I think its probably more of a 55 lb pull in truth). Speaking from both the meat on the table perspective and the hobbiest perspective, the pricing for one is pretty close to the pricing for the other; the main difference is the price of the broadheads which increases the price of the arrows. Most archers in our games tend to take the skill, if for no other reason then it often seems character appropriate. Interestingly, though, increasing the price of arrows would also increase the time needed to make them by the RAW. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Cost of Arrows?
Top