This bow can no longer be used by bards, and it requires 18 strength to draw the bow. All composite bows are made with a particular strength rating (that is, each requires a minimum strength modifier to use with proficiency). Interestingly, even then, composite bows were quite common.
Letter Spring 2003
The longbow accelerates the arrow only at the beginning of the release, while the composite bow of the mongols accelerates the projectile throughout the entire motion from full draw.
The recurve bow is more efficient than a longbow of the same draw weight or bow length.
A recurve bow can be made of wood most of the time. You need at least two hands to use a bow, regardless of its size. When you compare longbow vs. You can use a composite longbow while mounted.
The composite bow is more tense when strung compared to the longbow.
A slightly heavy bow compared to the short bow, the composite bow is a much lethal weapon that can be a bit complicated to use. So theoretically if maximum effective range for longbow was 300 meters then for composite it might be 345 meters. Both use the dexterity bonus to attack rolls. It adds only your str mod, 1.5x str is only for melee 2h.
Below that threshold they offer no efficiency advantage, just the ability to make a useable bow w shorter limbs.
The compound bow is a more advanced design, and a more efficient one. Sold by the nomadic merchant in the liurnia of the lakes, the composite bow costs 3500 runes. The composite took longer to build, so i'd presume it would cost more. Further, the longbow is easy to make since it needs just one or two tree branches.
Composite longbows are like normal longbows, but the staves are made of two different materials, giving greater flexibility, requiring more strength and giving a bonus to damage of +2 (baldur's gate) or +1 in (baldur's gate ii) and increases the chance of hitting the target, +1 bonus to thac0.
You can use a composite longbow while mounted. I thought that too, until i checked the actual damage bonus it was giving. Since the composite bow is faster than most other bows, it allows the player to fire mighty shots faster than the larger bows that typically get this skill. In archery, you need to be sure about a bow’s draw length.
Compound bow, you find that a longbow is lighter and quicker to shoot.
The science behind this, ironically, is in the bow length. It's also the str bonus +50% because it's a 2h weapon. In this post, we will cover the differences. Yes, the composite longbow is still a longbow, including with respect to any feat, ability and proficiency.
Which is why composite bows are good.
The major difference between a recurve and a composite bow is that they are made of different materials. A longbow’s length stays the same as you draw the string back. All composite bows are made with a particular strength rating (that is, each requires a minimum strength modifier to use with proficiency). How do these two weapons compare in:
Dex is added to the chance of hitting, masterwork and ordinary bows add nothing to damage.
A composite bow is made from multiple natural materials. The longbow is perhaps the best bow one could make with a single piece of mediocre wood. But the longbow took longer to train, i believe, needing to start from a young age, while the composite didn't. However, there are no additional curves and the extraordinary part of it is the length of the longbow.
The recurve bow is thought to date back to somewhat more than a thousand years bc.
And because of its size it was used on foot, which allowed for very high draw weights. This makes them more desirable than self bows in situations where the archer is on the move such as riding a horse or shooting from a chariot. Both bows have the same shape and can be interchangeably referred to as recurve bows.
