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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 8600860" data-attributes="member: 6802951">Indeed. D&D weapon ranges are rather messed up. Longbow max ranges are more the limit of how far you could get an arrow to travel, and maybe hit a block of troops rather than a range at which you could hit a human figure, let alone with any degree of precision.As a guide, modern bow hunters, using equipment better than any medieval bows, regard 50 yards as an extreme range to try to kill an unarmoured, medium-sized creature that is stationary and unaware of the hunter. Medieval warbow arrows are much slower and less accurate, and actually aiming for specific areas of a person engaged in combat is generally impossible, simply due to their random motion during the flight time of the arrow.From what I know of the atlatl and the communities that use them, effective range and accuracy is about equivalent to a shortbow. Shortbows are generally regarded as superior for hunting however because they do not require such a large motion as the atlatl, and so are less likely to be noticed and spook the target mid-shot.</blockquote>