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<blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 6559864" data-attributes="member: 1288"><p>But again, a human being doesn't know that he inflicted exactly the maximum damage the weapon's capable of. All he knows is he left a slash in the tree/body/whatever. The fact that one slash is a fraction of an inch deeper than another? If it's even noticeable, it could be due to a hundred different things. The strikes were off by a degree in their angle. The second swing had the tiniest bit more muscle behind it than the first. This particular square foot of armor/bark was the tiniest bit thicker than <em>that</em> square foot of armor/bark.</p><p></p><p>You need mechanical precision in both the weapon and the target to make comparisons of that sort--again, unless you're averaging out over hundreds or even thousands of strikes. A well-built crossbow solves the mechanical weapon part, since there's no human muscle, and therefore no human subjectivity, involved. But even then, there are factors of target resistance, target angle... Heck, wind speed.</p><p></p><p>Could it be measured <em>eventually</em>? Sure. But you won't have time to actually take the thing on adventures or into battle any time soon. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mouseferatu, post: 6559864, member: 1288"] But again, a human being doesn't know that he inflicted exactly the maximum damage the weapon's capable of. All he knows is he left a slash in the tree/body/whatever. The fact that one slash is a fraction of an inch deeper than another? If it's even noticeable, it could be due to a hundred different things. The strikes were off by a degree in their angle. The second swing had the tiniest bit more muscle behind it than the first. This particular square foot of armor/bark was the tiniest bit thicker than [I]that[/I] square foot of armor/bark. You need mechanical precision in both the weapon and the target to make comparisons of that sort--again, unless you're averaging out over hundreds or even thousands of strikes. A well-built crossbow solves the mechanical weapon part, since there's no human muscle, and therefore no human subjectivity, involved. But even then, there are factors of target resistance, target angle... Heck, wind speed. Could it be measured [I]eventually[/I]? Sure. But you won't have time to actually take the thing on adventures or into battle any time soon. ;) [/QUOTE]
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