#fantasy archery

[six-improbable-things]

One thing that's kind of weird about Rangers in d&d is that Strength isn't one of their main skills. Instead it's Dex. I mean, I know that most people haven't actually shot a bow, but the main reason arrows are so damaging is because of the immense amount of draw weight behind the shot.

A longbow that would probably be used in combat has a draw weight of about 120 pounds!! Potentially even more! That's where the deadly piercing power comes from.

(Oh, and as a side note, that draw strength comes largely from your back muscles, not your arms. If you tried to do that with just your arms, it would not go over well.)

So basically, please stop giving your ranger characters low strength scores. It just doesn't make sense.

[kelkat9]

[metallic-scaled-scarf]

I'm about to rapidly post some ketchup pics for TESMerMay2022.

Day 15: Bosmer

This is just a random Bosmer I whipped up as quickly as possible, since it felt like swimming in mud trying to complete the Bosmer section.

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[yehoria-offical]

My dears. I have just had an epifany. Perhaps the best idea ever...

Okay, so imagine you have just drawn a bow. But. What if you just kept drawing? Until both your arms are held out straight.

Now, i know what you're thinking: "But the anatomy!"

And my answer is. Let the elves do it. They are relatively weak anyway, and more dexterous. Their wrist and fingers can just do that dw ;) They are also incredibly pretencious about it, because we gotta keep up the stereotype.