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[Mathel]

I guess...
Proficiencies and attributes of the one holding the bow would go into the To Hit roll, those of the one holding the arrow would go into the Damage roll.

[Felissan]

You guys are saying this as if Haley hadn't already shot a bow one-handed.

[Madman198237]

It's impossible to, while standing, fire an unmodified bow with just one hand.

However you could probably manage to do something like lying down and using your feet to brace it in a shooting position. Best to just not bother, I think. Get a magical prosthetic or something first.

[smjjames]

Unless it's a crossbow, where it would be a challenge, but not as much as a regular bow. Though a crossbow IS a (heavily) modified bow.

However you could probably manage to do something like lying down and using your feet to brace it in a shooting position. Best to just not bother, I think.

Which is what Haley did in that specific situation. Her high level (not sure what the OotS party's level is, I just know it's high, above 10 at least but probably not as high as 16) probably mitigated any penalties, or maybe Rich just houseruled it.

[Madman198237]

A crank-based crossbow, maybe. Most others rely on the full strength of both arms, so either you're a one-armed Hulk or you're using an arbalest or similar extremely-high draw weight crossbow with a winch system.

[scriver]

https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-possiblities-for-one-armed-person-to-do-archery

[smjjames]

Given how many levels of acrobatics Haley would have plus the agility stat, the first one (with a pink bow even) seems more likely for Haley to do.

The middle two are modern bows with all sorts of bells and whistles, though they don't appear to be modified in any particular way for one-handed or one-footed use.

[ChairmanPoo]

Wasn't there a tribe in Africa which hunted elephants by using huge bows which they tensed with their feet?

[Madman198237]

Yes. Though those guys are amateurs compared to the Indian steelbowmen, who had to stake their bows to the ground in order to fire them.

And were thus made useless when Alexander fought the Indian army, and the ground was somewhat muddy.

[Arcvasti]

Back in the day I think a GM I had said that you could not use 2 handed weapons without a massive penalty to hit and had to take strength checks at a -3 penalty.   It was probably a house rule though, and my character hadn't so much as lost an arm as had an arm transformed into a non-aggressive, yet uncooperative snake temporarily.

Obvious solution is have the party ranger train the snake to fire a bow. Finally Handle Animal pays off.

[Cyroth]

1154

New one is up.

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I love that Mjölnir(?) seems to come with isolated gloves.

[birdy51]

1154

New one is up.

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I love that Mjölnir(?) seems to come with isolated gloves.

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It's also kind of magical looking and reading what he has to type into the statue to receive it. Took me a second, but when you get it, you get it. : P

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

I wonder if "Killing Trees" was originally added as a joke in order to be able to complete that password, and eventually became doctrine.

[Imic]

I wonder if "Killing Trees" was originally added as a joke in order to be able to complete that password, and eventually became doctrine.

We may never know.

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But yeah, probably.

[Arcvasti]

In his sleep, Elan rolls over and mumbles "dun dun dun".