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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JohnSnow" data-source="post: 3242828" data-attributes="member: 32164">Maybe he was trying to draw it back across his abdomen? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />In all seriousness, it's EASY to shoot straight ahead with a longbow. I'm barely over 6' tall and I can shoot straight at a target within ~40' (depending on the draw weight of the bow). At 20 yards, you have to start taking a SLIGHT angle (unless your bow is extra powerful...proof that mighty bows should get an attack bonus, but I digress).I have a 6' longbow. When I'm shooting (normally), I shoot in a slight crouch, pressing into the bow to draw, rather than pulling back (less fatiguing on my arms). The string goes to my ear. I shoot dead straight at anything within point blank. It's EASY to hit. On a good day, at 20', I can drop an entire flight (12 arrows) into a 12 inch circle in about a minute. And I'm far from being a world-class or Olympic-level archer.And in no way does 3' down from my chin hit the ground. On this theory, a gnome could ALMOST shoot a longbow...but he couldn't pull it to full draw.I normally use a recurve (composite), but I've shot a straight longbow with similar results. Oh, seasoned English yew is a natural material perfectly capable of being used to make a real life "mighty" bow. Just FYI.</blockquote>

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