| Archery (Refused)T,E | Dft+Wt+Comb |
3 |
This Skill governs the use of a bow of any sort. The BCS is modified by the strength of the bow, range of the target, type of arrow being fired, and the situation. Bows have no Weapon Damage Multiplier. This is dependent on the type of arrow fired. The strength Group used to determine the Effect Die rolled is also range dependent. The percentage chance of an arrow hit achieving a Missile Special Effect is equal to the Damage Potential.
Bows are rated by their Pounds
Pull. This will determine their Range Factor, Durability and Encumbrance value.
Range Factor (RF) = Pound Pull/10, rounded nearest.
Durability (or Dur) = Range Factor/2, rounded nearest.
Encumbrance (or ENC) = Range Factor/10 rounded nearest tenth.
Thus, a bow with an 80-Pound Pull has a Range Factor of 8, a Durability of 4 and an Encumbrance of .8.
Strength of Bow versus Users Strength
A bows range factor is greater than or equal to:
Results in: |
BCS Mod. |
Actions to reload |
4xStr Group |
Unusable |
Unusable |
3xStr Group |
-4 |
2 |
2xStr Group |
-2 |
1 |
1xStr Group |
+0 |
0 |
How far a bow will throw an arrow, how clean the shot will be and how long the bow takes to draw will be dependent on the character attempting to use the bow. Thus an 80-Pound Pull bow is unusable by a character with a Strength Group of 1 or 2. A character with a Strength Group of 3 or 4 may use the bow with a BCS modification of -2 and one action must be spent in loading and drawing the bow before it may be fired. A character with a Strength Group of 5 would fire the bow with no modifications due to the Strength of the bow and could fire an arrow on each of his/her actions. An arrow may be held knocked and ready to fire for a number of Actions equal to the user’s Strength Group.
Range Modifications for bows
| Category: | Distance in meters | BCS Mod. |
Eff. STR Grp for Eff Die |
| Point Blank | 5 | +1 |
+1* |
| Effective | RF x STR Grp | +0 |
+0 |
| Long | 5 x RF x STR Grp | -1 |
-1 |
| Maximum | 10 x RF x STR Grp | -2 |
-2 |
| Extreme | 20 x RF x STR Grp | -5 |
-3 |
*Modification to the WDM of .1 x STR Group
Should a character’s Effective Range be less than 5 meters, 5 meters becomes the upper limit on his/her Effective Range and the value calculated for his/her Effective Range becomes his Point Blank Range.
Modification due to type of arrow
| In use: | BCS Mod. |
WDM |
| Target | +0 |
1.8 |
| Armor Piercing | +1 |
1.5 |
| Hunting | -1 |
2 |
| Barbed Head | -2 |
2.5 |
| Improvised Head | As Appropriate |
Half Normal |
| Improvised Shaft | -1 |
|
| Improvised Fletching | -2 |
|
| Aluminum or Fiberglass | +1 |
|
| Mod. Due to situation | ||
| Situation: | ||
| Archer’s Ring | +1 |
|
| No Bracer | -1 |
|
| Interfering Clothing | -2 |
|
| Sights in use | +1 |
Option
Wind Effects to Archery
| Head Wind | -1 to STR Grp for range calculations |
| Tail Wind | +1 to STR Grp for range calculations |
| Crosswind | 1 to BCS for each 5 knots of wind |