Archery Tips For Neophytes
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Title: Archery Tips for Neophytes
Author: Aliana
One.
When practicing at an archery butte, be aware that your arrows are being expended. Arrows can be recovered by standing very close to the target and double- clicking on it. If you "robinhood" arrows into each other they are destroyed, so some arrows will be lost in practice.
Two.
When hunting, keep moving and circling the prey. This is what raises Tactics, a very important thing for combat. High Tactics will increase the damage dealt. Time your shots so that you are momentarily standing still when you shoot: you will hit more often.
[Ed. Note for 2nd edition: You must stand still to fire off shots now, but high tactics is still good. Tactics is not necessarily learned in this movement-but it will keep you alive.]
Three.
Arrows which miss in combat will often fall to the ground and can be recovered. Look at the corpse of your prey to find more arrows.
Four.
Many large monsters are nearly impossible to take care of with only arrows. It is usually better to run away from such beasts unless you have other fighting skills. A lightly armored, swift archer can outrun most opponents.
Five.
Hunt with friends. Many people are happy to have company in the wild. Only travel with nice blue-named people. Let them initiate combat, and then join in. Stay away from roads and keep to woods. Wear green and stay under trees to avoid evil red-named people.
Only reveal yourself to good blue folks. And stay out of the red yourself!
Good luck!
Aliana
Appendix for the Fogwood edition, by Perianwyr:
Weapons Guide There are three archery weapons available to the Britannian bowman-
the bow:
Long range, lower damage, high fire rate. The most common choice for combat, rivaling the heavy crossbow for popularity. Its main advantages are its range and ease of drawing.
the crossbow:
Moderate range, moderate damage, moderate fire rate. The light or hand crossbow is not a bad choice if you are a heavy crossbow user who desires a faster fire rate at times but does not wish to carry a bow as well as both bolts and arrows.
the heavy crossbow:
The most commonly used archery weapon. Low range, high damage, extremely low fire rate. I would consider other choices before selecting this as my primary weapon- it is extremely difficult to bend, requiring a large amount of time to ready for firing. As a matter of fact many merely load it ahead of time, fire it once, and then discard it in favor of faster weapons to continue combat. It works well when partnered with a light crossbow for the real work of battle. However, some swear by the high damage potential of its steel firing arm.
All in all, it is best to try all the bows, and see which is best for your particular style.