Appendix E. Ancient Ranged Weapons

Name	Range Step	Damage	Description
Axe, Throwing	2	5
Bow, Composite	50	6	A bow made of layers of wood, bone, sinew, etc. Dates to the 23rd-Century BC. More effective than the long bow, but very difficult (and therefore expensive) to build.
Bow, Long			See Longbow.
Bow, Self	50	3	This a normal wooden bow, not as long as the longbow.
Bow, Short			See Bow, Self.
Crossbow	60	8	A heavy steel crossbow. Due to the long reload times, characters only get one shot every 6 rounds!
Crossbow, Hand	15	2	This is a fantasy weapon; it never really existed. Nonetheless, some players think it's just cool. A little hand-held crossbow. It doesn't have much of a draw weight, but it can be fired every round if the bolts are handy.
Javelin	10	4	Lighter-weight version of the spear.
Knife, Large	3	2
Knife, Small	5	1
Longbow	40	5	The English longbow. Developed in the mid-13th Century. Too big to be used from horseback.
Short Bow			See "Bow, Self".
Shotgun	25	9	No, not an ancient weapon. Just provided for comparison purposes.
Sling	70	3	A piece of leather used to hurl golf-ball sized stones. Romans thought slingers were more dangerous than archers, but that slingers could not be trained in a cost-effective manner. Instead the Roman slingers were all conquered barbarians who grew up using the sling. To simulate this difficulty of learning in game terms, say that a sling is at -6 (instead of -3) when used without expertise. Buying one level of expertise brings the penalty down to -3, and the a second level of expertise will allow the use of the sling at the slinger's full Aiming skill.
Spear	6	5	A long stick with a metal pointy bit attached to one end, balanced for throwing.