Slings and strength
caruga
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This is half a question, half a suggestion: should strength bonus be added to sling damage? In BG1 it was added, in BG2 you needed a specific sling for it.
What do the rules have to say about it? It seems a common theme in BG2, nerfing slings, nerfing grand mastery... maybe they could have started by taking that 25% damage reduction off of normal difficulty instead of all that.
What do the rules have to say about it? It seems a common theme in BG2, nerfing slings, nerfing grand mastery... maybe they could have started by taking that 25% damage reduction off of normal difficulty instead of all that.
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Ability Modifiers in Missile Combat
Attack roll and damage modifiers for Strength are always used when an attack is made with a hurled weapon. Here the power of the character's arm is a significant factor in the effectiveness of the attack.
When using a bow, the attack roll and damage Strength modifiers apply only if the character has a properly prepared bow (see Chapter 6: Money and Equipment). Characters never receive Strength bonuses when using crossbows or similar mechanical devices.
Dexterity modifiers to the attack roll are applied when making a missile attack with a hand-held weapon. Thus, a character adds his Dexterity modifier when using a bow, crossbow, or axe but not when firing a trebuchet or other siege engine.
Personally, I would like slings to get my strength bonus to damage. Although it does kind of make sling-fighters really, really powerful.
Eh, since Archers can get extraordinary strength too, they'd be able to take advantage of the STR bonus too.
That's my vote :P
Its can be more deadly if the target is far away.
In many versions of AD&D, you had to pay higher prices if you wanted a bow that would give you more of a strength bonus. For every + you got in combat, you had to pay the price again to get a bow that would compensate. For example, a normal composite long bow cost 100gp. If your character had an 18/00 strength and wanted a composite Long bow that would allow him to get his full +6 to damage in combat, it would cost 600gp.
There has been found "artellery bows" in latin america and china where the archer would lie down and use the feets and both hands to fire the bow, it required immense stregth to use it.