tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829093857574761981.post8272666650583767210..comments2024-03-26T01:17:49.256+00:00Comments on Roles, Rules, and Rolls: LongbowsRoger G-Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829093857574761981.post-69935697037167618092010-06-03T19:08:57.610+01:002010-06-03T19:08:57.610+01:00Thanks Trey. In doing more digging I have found si...Thanks Trey. In doing more digging I have found similar stats for rate of fire, and also noticed all the 2 shots/round systems in D&D and clones are based on a 1 minute round.<br /><br />So 1 shot/round for bows, slower for crossbows, would be more realistic and mechanically easier (for example, would not complicate the move-missile-melee-magic sequence).Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829093857574761981.post-72878309254251301642010-06-02T23:35:23.734+01:002010-06-02T23:35:23.734+01:00I read once in a source I can't recall(perhaps...I read once in a source I can't recall(perhaps it was an Osprey military book?) that an English longbowman could fire an arrow ever six seconds, so there's that bit of unsourced historical information. ;)Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.com