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<blockquote data-quote="Boone" data-source="post: 210608" data-attributes="member: 2671">After reading the comments in this thread it appears that many of you are aplying present day thinking to you characters and not putting yourself into their shoes...What do I mean?&nbsp;&nbsp; I mean if you lived in a world where creatures wanted to eat your spleen and people wanted to kill you and your friends for fun&nbsp; I am sure you would find a way to keep your weapons readied and your sword razor sharp.Take this cross bow example.....&nbsp; If it were me in this world.... you can bet the family farm that I would have my Crossbow loaded 23.5 hours a day 7 days a week.&nbsp;&nbsp; in that extra .5 hour I would be changing out the Prod on the cross bow and string (if that was required and I don't think it is).&nbsp; Why would I do this and spend this money...&nbsp; because thats what I would do now if meant my odds of living went up.&nbsp; (and the arguement that you have to take it to town to string it.....&nbsp; you don't own a crossbow do you?,&nbsp; and why do you think there is a Skill in &quot;weapon crafting/Bowmaking ect...&nbsp; Heaven forbid if people used skill points on something other than&nbsp; hiding, spot, moving silently)As far as the bolt being jostled around and the trigger system being activated....&nbsp;&nbsp; Doubt it.&nbsp; &nbsp; It didn't take a rocket scientist to bend multiple peices of metal that put tension on the bolt and keep it in place on my current &quot;Barnett&quot; cross bow and it certainly was not a unique design on the 20th century to put a safety pin on the crossbow to keep trigger system from firing.once again....I have packed my crossbow around on many a &quot;hike&quot; and the reason I don't carry it loaded&nbsp; is because it is not my primary weapon on those deep wood and mountain hikes.&nbsp; A .45 auto is.&nbsp; And if I didn't have that and I knew there were orcs, dragons, ect.. in the woods....&nbsp; I would find A way to have my cross bow loaded.Don't any of you play rules involving the costs associated with monthly upkeep of charactes..... do you really think all those gp are going to booze, women, and a room at the inn?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Boone, post: 210608, member: 2671"] After reading the comments in this thread it appears that many of you are aplying present day thinking to you characters and not putting yourself into their shoes... What do I mean? I mean if you lived in a world where creatures wanted to eat your spleen and people wanted to kill you and your friends for fun I am sure you would find a way to keep your weapons readied and your sword razor sharp. Take this cross bow example..... If it were me in this world.... you can bet the family farm that I would have my Crossbow loaded 23.5 hours a day 7 days a week. in that extra .5 hour I would be changing out the Prod on the cross bow and string (if that was required and I don't think it is). Why would I do this and spend this money... because thats what I would do now if meant my odds of living went up. (and the arguement that you have to take it to town to string it..... you don't own a crossbow do you?, and why do you think there is a Skill in "weapon crafting/Bowmaking ect... Heaven forbid if people used skill points on something other than hiding, spot, moving silently) As far as the bolt being jostled around and the trigger system being activated.... Doubt it. It didn't take a rocket scientist to bend multiple peices of metal that put tension on the bolt and keep it in place on my current "Barnett" cross bow and it certainly was not a unique design on the 20th century to put a safety pin on the crossbow to keep trigger system from firing. once again.... I have packed my crossbow around on many a "hike" and the reason I don't carry it loaded is because it is not my primary weapon on those deep wood and mountain hikes. A .45 auto is. And if I didn't have that and I knew there were orcs, dragons, ect.. in the woods.... I would find A way to have my cross bow loaded. Don't any of you play rules involving the costs associated with monthly upkeep of charactes..... do you really think all those gp are going to booze, women, and a room at the inn? [/QUOTE]

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