Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26444332-20151226222621/@comment-26237442-20151227231558

Heartgold1234 wrote:

Draugluin the werewolf wrote:

Heartgold1234 wrote:

AlteOgre wrote: 1. I assume advanced bows require skill to craft them. Real life historical examples support this assumption.

2. I imagine vanilla bows to require no special skills. I did not suggest that would require bowyers, not irl, nor in the LOTRModded game.

3. I did not smash through it by saying 'he needs to add bowyers'. Do not twist my words like that. I pointed out that if the Dunlendings (in Tolkien's imaginary world) would use flat bows, they would require bowyers. That does not imply bowyers are required to be implemented in the LOTR Modded game itself, but it would mean there should be some logical reasoning for these wild men to support such skilled craftsmen in their ranks. Purely hypothetical, probing the suggestion of Dunlendings using flat bows. There's no question elves had a civilization advanced enough to support highly skilled smiths and bowyers, resulting in the equipment and armor included the mod. Now I'm questioning whether advanced bows would be a type of equipment that could have been an item for the Dunlendings. That's not smashing or some kind of powerplaying. That's argueing. 1. People can have hobbies, not only bowyers would have such skills. More often than not carpenters doubled as something else in those times. Carpenters aren't dedicated bowyers now are they?

2. They require the skill to cut the wood, make the string and then string the bow itself. It's not a simple task at all. I was implying that if we required bowyers they'd be required for every bow - like blacksmiths are for every tool.

3. You did infact imply it however. Loosely, but it was there. You say that it doesn't mean that, but everything can be taken out of context. Everything. I also fail to see the relevance of your last statement unless you were trying to slight me and even then it makes no sense. your average person would often make their own (admittedly terrible bow) only a person of importance or a man-at-arms would have a decent bow (or someone with a talent for bow making)

The average person would get someone with some knowledge to make them a bow, even if they were poor. The average person wouldn't be able to make one, and there are always a bowyer in the local town/village making cheap bows from cheap materials. no really they would just get a vaguely bendy stick and clap something together, if they were a professional hunter they might go to the bowyer but most domestic bows were homemade (although they generally took a long time to make if they were intended for anything else than something to entertain your child during the hours when you weren't forcing them to work