Historical Arrows and how they might shape your Fantasy Archer

Here is a pretty cool treatise on longbow arrows. I like his style. Very calm, very well-stated. Useful information and perspective, without a lot of hype, and just a touch of snark.

Now, I mean, this is most useful to people who like history, or who play a lot of Dungeons & Dragons. Or Warhammer FRP, or Talislanta, or want to play Hawkeye in your favorite SHRPG, like, say Mighty Protectors. :-)

Personally, I always loved archers. I was never particularly enamored of the crossbow in 3e, except maybe as the occassional ranged utility weapon for my low-level clerics.

Then came 5e, when I started monkeying with it. The slow reload rate was always a buzzkill, but the Crossbow Expert Feat provided some definite advantages over the Longbow, so I built a Fighter around the Heavy Crossbow, and actually had a lot of fun.

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