Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site nrcvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!psivax!nrcvax!andre From: andre@nrcvax.UUCP (Andre Hut) Newsgroups: net.games.rogue Subject: Re: Fighting with arrows Message-ID: <484@nrcvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 16:22:09 EST Article-I.D.: nrcvax.484 Posted: Wed Feb 5 16:22:09 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Feb-86 05:53:55 EST References: <136@slu70.UUCP> <170@ulowell.UUCP> <> <3@unmc.UUCP> Reply-To: andre@nrcvax.UUCP (Andre Hut) Organization: Network Research Research Corp. Oxnard,CA Lines: 33 In article <3@unmc.UUCP> vc253ah@unmc.UUCP () writes: >>>As silly as this may sound, it is usually better *not* to use a bow when >>>throwing arrows. Crossbows are about even. Of course, if you have a magic >>>bow or crossbow, by all means use that. >> >>The last comment here is wrong. If you check the rogue source files, you will >>discover that the bow is classified as an arrow launcher, and that if the >>bow is wielded while throwing the arrows, the value of the bow (+x,+y) is >>added to the value of the arrow to yield a somewhat better arrow. > > Between these two comments, can we figure that, unless you have a >magical bow/crossbow, throwing arrows is as effective as launching them >via bow? If this is the case, why have bows, since most all bows you find >are non-magical. >Ronald C. Rosul Jr. (vc253ah) Since the bow that you given at the beginning IS magical (+1,+0) it is better to wield it when throwing arrows. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ihnp4-\ sdcsvax-\ \ Andre' Hut sdcrdcf!psivax!nrcvax!andre hplabs--/ / ucbvax!calma-/ Network Research Corporation 923 Executive Park Dr. Suite C Salt Lake City, Utah 84117 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------