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<blockquote data-quote="Bladesong" data-source="post: 3240307" data-attributes="member: 20800">Happy Holidays Everyone!&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I'll start by saying that I am not an expert on the longbow, but I will tell you what few things I did find out and what we did with it.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Summary: It was not real easy to use (not even a fighter could just pick one up and use it), it made movement difficult, it really was only &quot;effective&quot; at longer than short range, but it was devastating when scores of them were fired together at an approaching army (it was never really meant or used in &quot;one-on-one&quot; combat.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Composite bows seemed to have come later and were much harder to make, and for a time we did not have them available in our games at all.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Anyway, in our games shortbows are readily available and useable as a martial weapon. The longbow (and recently the comp. longbow) was turned into an exotic weapon, the damage increased to 2d6, and it is -2 to hit at close range. You are also limited to normal movement when wielding it (you cannot run).&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; What this has done is make the longbow available only to someone who wants to be a dedicated archer. I've been runnng one and frankly it has been my favorite character in years.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Elven characters can treat it a marial weapon so elven wizards are limited to shortbows.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bladesong, post: 3240307, member: 20800"] Happy Holidays Everyone! I'll start by saying that I am not an expert on the longbow, but I will tell you what few things I did find out and what we did with it. Summary: It was not real easy to use (not even a fighter could just pick one up and use it), it made movement difficult, it really was only "effective" at longer than short range, but it was devastating when scores of them were fired together at an approaching army (it was never really meant or used in "one-on-one" combat. Composite bows seemed to have come later and were much harder to make, and for a time we did not have them available in our games at all. Anyway, in our games shortbows are readily available and useable as a martial weapon. The longbow (and recently the comp. longbow) was turned into an exotic weapon, the damage increased to 2d6, and it is -2 to hit at close range. You are also limited to normal movement when wielding it (you cannot run). What this has done is make the longbow available only to someone who wants to be a dedicated archer. I've been runnng one and frankly it has been my favorite character in years. Elven characters can treat it a marial weapon so elven wizards are limited to shortbows. [/QUOTE]

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