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Re: What do peasants carry around in your town?
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lugnet.castle
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Sat, 6 May 2000 02:22:11 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Chris Gray writes:
> "Jeff Johnston" <sakura@mediaone.net> writes:
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> > Well, they're easier to make than a crossbow, certainly - and cheaper.
> > Crossbows are probably easier to hit things with, but they're big and
> > heavy and not something you'd want to carry around all day.
I'm just wondering why a villager would carry around a crossbow? First,
they're way out their price range, and second, they're too complicated. A bow
is pretty easy to make, and is free. Crossbows were pretty much used in the
military. Jeff is right, a longbow has much greater accuracy than a crossbow.
At the time, crossbows were the brutes of projectile weapons. They're good for
punching through armour, and knocking people off horses, but it takes a long
time to fire one. When compared to bows, it's like comparing modern guns with
a musket. A crossbow needs to be reloaded, the tension needs to be checked,
has to be cocked...while with a bow, you just nock the arrow, pull back,
release. [1]
<<KM>>
[1] wow - it really sounds like I know what I'm talking about! I even
surprised myself. This is just info that i've pieced together from various
sources, and stories.
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| (...) Actually, I believe the accuracy of longbows is much greater than that of crossbows. Crossbows are kind of crude and brute force - no finesse. However, because they have much more force (the bolts are heavy), they are used to penetrate armour. (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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