Re: archery commentary

["Rob" <rob@aclcb.purdue.edu>]

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> From: Daniel Lawrence <dan@aquest.com>
> To: 'Rob' <rob@aclcb.purdue.edu>; Rick Myers <leviathan_60@hotmail.com>;
gmlist@ns1.cioe.com; mooch@ns1.cioe.com
> Subject: RE: archery commentary
> Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 5:52 PM
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> [Daniel Lawrence]  Rob,
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> 	But it is so concivable that a party could get 2 or 3 archers with these
weapons. So in a place of reasonable line-of-site they are very very well
protected from about anything they might encounter. With all the additional
rounds of fire before an opponent could possibly get into range (like wild
animals) there is little that could face such a group. Which means that I
have to come up with stronger and much more creative creatures.... beyond
what nature may design, to give a group of adventurers a challeng
> e. 
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> 	I HAVE GMed with a higher bow firing rate, and with a longer range, and
with the triplet of short/medium/long range affecting the to hit rolls in
the past when we were designing AQ. That is why the ranges and fire rates
are set the way they are today.
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> 						dan

Right but the same argument still applies.  Any party that could get 2 or 3
archers with the great bows
probably has access to all sorts of resoursces and could get 2 or 3
airmages with longeyes which as
i stated earilier is much more deadly.  the biggest advantage of the great
bow that i see is
for 
	1. assassanations
	2. shooting enemies that are running away.
	3. boat combat, actuallly this is probably the biggest advantage

otherwies its a higher damage bow and saying thats unfair is like saying a
long sword in unfair becasue it does more damage than a short sword.

I have played in many games with higher firing rates , mutile ranges and
longer ranges
it results in more bow use but i would have to say  in this case that would
be a good thing.
I currently only know of one person whos primary weapon is missle(could be
more i don't play everyone regularly) and kevin went out of his way to
specificly be an archer.  

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