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<P><FONT SIZE=2>All times I have, from sources and Harn and such, are time to actually fashion, assuming materials at hand, teh weapon and any other stuff such as Scabards and strings. I heard it can take a 3 months "a season to season...hmmm" to get wood dry enough to make a usable bow.<BR>
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For my purposes, I'll assume that the players can "*poof*" get the materials, but they will need to expand town time crafting (and no training and such). However, given the roll chance they get they have a better chance of a fine weapon. And player-crafted weapons are by definition more pure for enchantments, since they can be assured of the quality.<BR>
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From: pnp-bounces@abroere.xs4all.nl on behalf of Matthew Lynn<BR>
Sent: Thu 10/5/2006 8:14 PM<BR>
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The question I'd have for said plains indian is whether or not he used<BR>
seasoned wood... It takes a fair bit of time to properly season wood...<BR>
It would be my suspicion that the P&P bowyer costs would reflect time<BR>
taken to season the wood, as opposed to just time to shape and string<BR>
the bow.<BR>
Just my two cents,<BR>
Matt<BR>
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Subject: RE: [PnP] Re: Weapon and Armor making<BR>
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>Going with this, it take a P&P Bowyer (at 1GC/month) pretty much a<BR>
>month to make a bow (282 hours) -- about twice as long as it takes to<BR>
craft a broadsword. However, sources I have seen have this at MUCH less<BR>
(from 2h for a master bowyer on one site, to 18h as noted in Harn).<BR>
Still digging, including a query to a manufacturer of traditional<BR>
longbows.<BR>
A month for a bow?! Wow. I read somewhere once that a plains indian<BR>
could do one in 2 days and he had chores to do. Course I guess one is<BR>
better than the others. I'd say a month is good for a arbalest but a<BR>
simple bow and string? Hrm....this whole topic though I'd have to have<BR>
time to sit down and analyze. <BR>
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