maybe be a very basic bow question

[shilsen]

I dont beleive there is a cap on how powerful you can get a mighty bow in 3.5. It doesnt state it anywhere and the War Troll has a +10 Composite longbow.

Correct. There is no cap on composite longbows in 3.5e (the MM storm giant has a +14 bow, for example). Just pay the requisite extra 100 gp per +1 of Str bonus, up to whatever suits your PC (or NPC, as the case may be).

 

[Nail]

Right, which is why in another thread it was mentioned that a lot of archers stop increasing their strength after a certain point....

A hidden cost for archers!

That is: fighter-types usually increase their damage/attack in three important ways:

• Adding enhancement bonuses
• Adding "extra damage" to the weapon, like flaming or holy
• Increasing their Strength

This last option is not readily available to archers.

Poor archers!

 

[Branok]

Max of +4 Str

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember reading somewhere that medium-sized characters can only use bows with this strength bonus, and that you have to be a creature of Large or bigger size to wield bows with a higher strength bonus. This might be the rules from 3.0e, but I can't seem to remember .

 

[Nail]

There's no such limitation in 3.5e. That is to say: "If it's not written, it's not assumed." Besides: why should there be a limit?

 

[Mouseferatu]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember reading somewhere that medium-sized characters can only use bows with this strength bonus, and that you have to be a creature of Large or bigger size to wield bows with a higher strength bonus. This might be the rules from 3.0e, but I can't seem to remember .

You did read that. In 3.0. It didn't make it over to 3.5, since it really didn't make a lot of sense.