Bows

NOTE: This page covers both Bow (skill) and Bow (weapon type). This may be changed in the future.

The knack of using a classic bow weapon, be the bow short or long.

This skill is dependent upon your dexterity (DX).

Bow Apprentice: the Speed of the Character with a bow is increased by 5.
- Trained by any Elite Bow Guard (Dernholm)
Bow Expert: the Character may fire two arrows at once. Technically, only one arrow is still fired and consumed, but it will deal damage twice simultaneously, both in Turn-Based and Real Time modes. Critical hits will apply to both shots, but not the same critical roll/effect. Bows which deal damage twice to animals (as if two arrows are fired), such as Elven Hunter's Bows, will instead deal damage four times for a Bow Expert.
- Trained by any Elite Bow Captain (Dernholm or Caladon)
- Trained by a Halfling Guard in Shrouded Hills
Bow Master: the Character's chance of success is unaffected by range penalties.
- Trained by Kietzel Pierce (Anabelle's Galley in Black Root, later in Caladon)
- The first time you meet Kietzel in the Black Root, he will tell you to find his apprentice Dudley Crossdon'a. He will also give you a quest to retrieve the Bow of Ecclesiastes, hidden in the ancient ruins known as Ruins of Szabo. Once in place, do not rush to break in the door, look for unobtrusive Junk Pile, therein lies the first key. Over the corpses of monsters pass on and find a second key. You may have to shoot down a few torches (hold alt and left click on them.) If you like the weapon, you can tell Pierce the ruins were empty, but then you have to pay 2000 gold for tuition.

Bows have some advantages over firearms, such as the greater quantity of arrows found in shops and dungeons, their potential use by both magickal and technological characters, and their remarkably low weight. There are certain disadvantages as well. Although there are bows to suit both the adept mage and the skilled technologist, their variety is lacking on both sides. Arrows need to travel a certain distance before hitting the target unlike bullets which either hit or miss instantly. Real-Time combat can thus be somewhat frantic for an archer — their enemies often dodging all of the initially fired arrows before closing in for a melee attack.

Arrows that miss their target can strike a different target in their trajectory, be it a creature or an object. Lining up enemies in Turn-Based mode can ensure that the most damage is dealt per shot this way, but one should also be careful that their followers are not in the path. Because of the low damage per hit dealt by most or all bows, critical failures tend to not be very problematic.

Bows[edit | edit source]

All bows are two-handed and quiet. Critical hits dealt with bows are impaling; critical failures are of the bows type.

	Arcane Bow[edit \| edit source] Category: Bows Aptitude: Magickal Statistics: 1-10(+8) HD, 2-5 FT, 20 RNG, 1 A, 8 SP, 11 MSR, 5 WE, 80 QU Location: Sold by Wise Women, sometimes found in Arcane Chests
	Blessed Bow[edit \| edit source] Category: Bows Aptitude: Magickal Statistics: 1-10 HD, 2-5 FT, (15) TH, 15 RNG, 10 MSR, 1 A, 9 SP, 2 charges of Call Air Elemental, 5 WE, 80 QU Location: Wielded by the shopkeeper in Barach's Magerium in Tarant
	Bow[edit \| edit source] Category: Bows Aptitude: Neutral Statistics: 1-10 HD, 2-5 FT, 15 RNG, 1 A, 8 SP, 5 WE, 80 QU Location: Sold by Elven Trader in Ashbury (70%); sold by rural smiths (80%)
	Bow of Damage Category: Bows Aptitude: Magickal Statistics: 1-10 HD, 2-5 FT, (20) TH, 15 RNG, 1 A, 8 SP, 5 WE, 80 QU Location: Used by the elven trader in Ashbury
	Bow of Ecclesiastes Category: Bows Aptitude: Magickal Statistics: 1-10 HD, 2-5 FT, (30) TH, 15(+50) RNG, 1 A, 8 SP, 5 WE, 80 QU Location: Found in the Ruins of Szabo during the Bow mastery quest Note: Also has a huge critical hit chance bonus
	Bow of Terror Category: Bows Aptitude: Magickal Statistics: 1-12 HD, 3-9 FT, (5% chance to cause fear), 10 MSR, 1 A, 8 SP, 5 WE, 80 QU Location: Sold by Wise Women; sold by quality smiths (20%); wielded by the Bedokaan in the Bedokaan Village
	Bow of the Chill Reaper Category: Bows Aptitude: Magickal Statistics: 1-8 HD, (-6) CN, (-6) WP, fatigue damage on enemies, 1 A, 8 SP, 5 WE, 80 QU, Hexed Location: The Cold Place
	Compound Bow Category: Bows Aptitude: Technological Statistics: 5-18 HD, 3-9 FT, 15 RNG, 1 A, 6 SP, 10 WE, 100 QU Location: Created using a found schematic; sold by magickal smiths (70%)
	Ellumyn's Bow Category: Bows Aptitude: Magickal Statistics: 1-10 HD, (+50) critical chance to animals, 20 RNG, 1 A, 20 SP, 5 WE, 80 QU Location: Rewarded by Ellumyn in Qintarra for completing his quest Note: Also has a +10 chance to hit bonus, possibly affected by MA
	Elven Hunter's Bow Category: Bows Aptitude: Magickal Statistics: 1-10 HD, (+50) critical chance to animals, 20 RNG, 1 A, 10 SP, 5 WE, 80 QU Location: Sold by Elven Trader in Ashbury (80%); sold by quality smiths (20%); sold by Wise Women Note: There is a variant Elven Hunter's Bow located in the Elven Ruins; it seems to have identical statistics to the regular one, except for a +10 chance to hit bonus
	Envenomed Bow Category: Bows Aptitude: Technological Statistics: 1-10 HD, 2-5 FT, 10-30 PD, 20 RNG, 1 A, 8 SP, 5 WE, 80 QU Location: Created using a found schematic
	Fawn's Bow Category: Bows Aptitude: Magickal Statistics: 1-8 HD, 1-3 FT, 10 TH, 10 RNG, 2 charges of Major Healing and Resurrect, 1 A, 13 SP, 3 WE, 60 QU Location: Equipped by Fawn in Qintarra
	Long Bow Category: Bows Aptitude: Neutral Statistics: 1-12 HD, 3-9 FT, 25 RNG, 12 MSR, 1 A, 4 SP, 8 WE, 100 QU Location: Sold by Elven Trader in Ashbury (50%); wielded by Tattered Bowmen in the Ruins of Szabo
	Magick Bow Category: Bows Aptitude: Magickal Statistics: 1-10(+4) HD, 2-5 FT, 20 RNG, 11 MSR, 1 A, 8 SP, 5 WE, 80 QU Location: Found on a corpse at the Torin Quarry; sometimes found in Magick Chests
	Pyrotechnic Bow Category: Bows Aptitude: Technological Statistics: 1-10 HD, 2-5 FT, 20 RNG, 5-20 FD, 1 A, 8 SP, 5 WE, 80 QU Location: Created using a found schematic
	Short Bow Category: Bows Aptitude: Neutral Statistics: 1-8 HD, 1-3 FT, 10 RNG, 1 A, 12 SP, 3 WE, 60 QU Location: Wielded by Kite Bowmen; sold in General Stores
	Hurtful Long Bow Category: Bows Aptitude: Magickal Statistics: 5-20 HD, Random Harm, 1 A, 8 SP, 5 WE, 80 QU Location: Chest trapped with Stasis in the Village of the Ashlag Tribe Note: Harm is cast on both the player character and the enemy when a hit is dealt, and is cast in the next turn in Turn-Based mode. Arrows which hit nothing seem to cast Harm four times on the player.
	Charmed Bow Category: Bows Aptitude: Magickal Statistics: 1-10(+2) HD, 2-5 FT, 20 RNG, 11 MSR, 1 A, 8 SP, 5 WE, 80 QU Location: Magick Chests?