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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SylverFlame" data-source="post: 690058" data-attributes="member: 8423">Dr Strangemonkey, this is inaccurate. The reasoning is purely historical.Back in the good ole Middle Ages and such, the English Longbowman was one of the most feared people out there. He could launch arrows huge distances and even take out heavily armored knights (gotta love the Bodkin). Now then, these incredible military units were not nobles (what self respecting noble whould stand at a safe distance when he could bash heads in melee where many pointy sticks were shoved at his horse?). These archers were the surfs of nobles who were forced (yes, the english gave their beleagured peasantry weapons and made them become really good with them) to practice everyday. It was the law so the army could have a cheap fighting unit that could do massive annoyance and death to the enemy. Nothing really gets more "common" than a bow.As for the whole nature theme of the druid, well, it doesn't incorporate a bow. However, I still voted yes to bows, no to x-bows. The reason? Ease of construction. As a kid I use to take a bendy stick and use string to make a bow. They worked okay as they shot a stick arrow up to about twenty feet. However, when my dad set up a target at our camp and gave me one of his real hunting arrows did that piece of stick ever work well! A good thirty feet with a degree of accuracy and the arrow went straight and true. As such, it's not all that hard to get a functional bow made. Making a real adn good bow however is DAMN hard.EDIT: Oh yes, and as for the druid not having the proper background for making bows, let's look at a real world example. A druid lives a life close to nature and living in peace and balance with its surroundings; much like north american natives. Last time I checked NA natives were not primitive and they still had bows.</blockquote>

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