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<blockquote data-quote="mythusmage" data-source="post: 61329" data-attributes="member: 571">When I took archery in college we were started at 40 yards range, or 120 feet. What kept me from getting the bullseye every time was my lack of confidence. Given daily practice that could've been overcome. So 100 feet is resonable for bows.Pistols are notoriously inaccurate. They're intended for close in work. You want to hit somebody far away, use a rifle. So for pistols and revolvers I suggest a range increment of 40 feet. As to shooting a guy on top of a 5 story building. Two questions: 1. How tall was the building? 2. How far away from the building was the shooter? Now, consider it as an acute triangle; the building is one side, the ground between shooter and building is the second side, and the distance between shooter and target is the third side. I think the formula is, the square of the hypotenouse (the longest side) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. So if the building is 50 feet tall, and it's 50 feet from the shooter to the building, then the range from shooter to EHP (evil high priest) is the square root of 5,000. I can't find my calculator, so somebody else will have to figure out what the range is. With a range increment of 40 feet, I suspect the shooter would have a -2 on the shot. At an RI of 100 feet then there would be no penalty.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mythusmage, post: 61329, member: 571"] When I took archery in college we were started at 40 yards range, or 120 feet. What kept me from getting the bullseye every time was my lack of confidence. Given daily practice that could've been overcome. So 100 feet is resonable for bows. Pistols are notoriously inaccurate. They're intended for close in work. You want to hit somebody far away, use a rifle. So for pistols and revolvers I suggest a range increment of 40 feet. As to shooting a guy on top of a 5 story building. Two questions: 1. How tall was the building? 2. How far away from the building was the shooter? Now, consider it as an acute triangle; the building is one side, the ground between shooter and building is the second side, and the distance between shooter and target is the third side. I think the formula is, the square of the hypotenouse (the longest side) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. So if the building is 50 feet tall, and it's 50 feet from the shooter to the building, then the range from shooter to EHP (evil high priest) is the square root of 5,000. I can't find my calculator, so somebody else will have to figure out what the range is. With a range increment of 40 feet, I suspect the shooter would have a -2 on the shot. At an RI of 100 feet then there would be no penalty. [/QUOTE]

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