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Longbow: Difference between revisions

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imported>Thelo2
m Updated "bows" to "shortbows"
imported>Tasonir
m Remove reference to arrows having their own damage value.
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{{flavour|A long, strong bow made of yew. It does excellent damage in combat and a skilled archer can use it to great effect.}}
{{flavour|A long, strong bow made of yew. It does excellent damage in combat and a skilled archer can use it to great effect.}}


{{crawlquote|This weapon falls into the '[[Bows]]' category. Note that while the base damage is 15, the base damage of an [[arrow]] is added to give an overall base damage of 22.}}
{{crawlquote|This weapon falls into the '[[Bows]]' category, with a base damage of 15.}}


'''Longbows''' are a marked improvement over [[shortbow]]s, dealing much more damage in exchange for a slight accuracy penalty and a higher skill requirement for fast attacks. Mid- and late-game bow-users will absolutely want to upgrade to one of these.
'''Longbows''' are a marked improvement over [[shortbow]]s, dealing much more damage in exchange for a slight accuracy penalty and a higher skill requirement for fast attacks. Mid- and late-game bow-users will absolutely want to upgrade to one of these.

Revision as of 23:53, 1 May 2017

Version 0.18: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
Name Longbow
Skill Bows
Damage 15
Accuracy +0
Base delay (%) 17 (170%)
Min delay 7 at 20 skill
Hands 2H
Size Large
Ranged? Yes
A long, strong bow made of yew. It does excellent damage in combat and a skilled archer can use it to great effect.

This weapon falls into the 'Bows' category, with a base damage of 15.

Longbows are a marked improvement over shortbows, dealing much more damage in exchange for a slight accuracy penalty and a higher skill requirement for fast attacks. Mid- and late-game bow-users will absolutely want to upgrade to one of these.


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Weapons
Axes Battleaxe • Broad axe • Executioner's axe • Hand axe • War axe
Maces & Flails Club • Demon whip • Dire flail • Eveningstar • Flail • Giant club • Giant spiked club • Great mace • Mace (Hammer) • Morningstar • Sacred scourge • Whip
Long Blades Demon blade • Double sword • Eudemon blade • Falchion • Great sword • Long sword • Scimitar • Triple sword
Polearms Bardiche • Demon trident • Glaive • Halberd (Scythe) • Partisan • Spear • Trident • Trishula
Ranged Weapons Arbalest • Hand cannon • Longbow • Orcbow • Shortbow • Sling • Triple crossbow
Short Blades Dagger • Quick blade • Rapier • Short sword
Staves Lajatang • Magical staff • Quarterstaff
Throwing Boomerang • Dart • Javelin • Large rock • Stone • Throwing net