Shortbow

Weapon Profile

Category

Simple

Damage

1d6 piercing

Range

Medium · 80/320 ft · to Long

Handling

Requires arrows.

Grade

I · Standard

Rarity

Common

Tier

I · Pre-Industrial

Training

Simple Weapons

Cost

25

Weight

2 lb

Without training in simple weapons, you add no proficiency bonus to attacks with this and roll them at disadvantage. Proficiency

To make: 13 gm of materials and 1 day of work, at a workshop with the right tools. To repair: 4 gm and 1 day. Downtime

Properties

Hover or tap any of these for what it means.

• weaponSomething you attack with. Held in a hand, and covered by a weapon proficiency.
• ammunitionNeeds ammunition to fire, drawn from what you carry.
• two-handedBoth hands are needed to attack with it. You cannot hold anything else.

A single-curve wooden bow short enough to draw from horseback or a hunter's blind. The working bow of frontier rangers and Aurelion sun-orchard wardens, and any village fletcher can replace one.

Grades

The same object, worked to a better standard. The grade is the rung; the bonus is what the rung is worth at the table.

1. Grade I · Standard
2. Grade II · Refined +1
3. Grade III · Pristine +2
4. Grade IV · Masterwork +3

Equipment Line

The same kit across the tiers. Later rungs replace earlier ones.

1. Shortbow
2. Longbow
3. Composite Bow
4. Istryxian Bio-Bow
5. Energy Bow