Bow

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Name	bow
Appearance	bow
Damage vs. small	1d2
Damage vs. large	1d2
To-hit bonus	+0
Weapon skill	bow
Size	one-handed
Base price	60 zm (+10/positive enchant)
Weight	30
Material	wood

A bow is a launcher for arrows. You should not bash monsters with it, or throw it—instead, wield it in your hands, then throw arrows (or fire them from your quiver).

In addition to the regular bow, there are elven, orcish, and Japanese versions.

Interestingly, bows count as one-handed weapons, so you can switch to one without removing your shield, and wielding a cursed bow will still leave one hand free. In SLASH'EM, however, they are two-handed.

Bow skill

Bow
Max	Role
Basic	Barbarian, Knight, Priest, Tourist
Skilled	Caveman
Expert	Ranger, Samurai

The following launchers use bow skill:

• bow
• elven bow
• orcish bow
• yumi

The following types of ammo use bow skill:

• arrow
• elven arrow
• orcish arrow
• silver arrow
• ya

The only artifact bow is the Longbow of Diana.

Encyclopaedia entries

"Stand to it, my hearts of gold," said the old bowman as he
passed from knot to knot.  "By my hilt! we are in luck this
journey.  Bear in mind the old saying of the Company."
"What is that, Aylward?" cried several, leaning on their bows
and laughing at him.
"'Tis the master-bowyer's rede: 'Every bow well bent.  Every
shaft well sent.  Every stave well nocked.  Every string well
locked.'  There, with that jingle in his head, a bracer on
his left hand, a shooting glove on his right, and a
farthing's-worth of wax in his girdle, what more doth a
bowman need?"
"It would not be amiss," said Hordle John, "if under his
girdle he had four farthings'-worth of wine."
        [ The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ]

The samurai is highly trained with a special type of bow,
the yumi.  Like the ya, the yumi is made of bamboo.  With
the yumi-ya, the bow and arrow, the samurai is an extremely
accurate and deadly warrior.

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