[UA] Unknown Skills

[Tim Bisaillon]

>From: "Khelekin" <grey_man at poczta.onet.pl>
>I'd leave crossbows doing projectile damage. They're hellishly
>dangerous things. I have a lot of respect for these weapons ever
>since I've seen one being used against a brick wall. The bolt
>almost came out on the other side - it impaled itself up to half
>of its length in the wall.
>
>And in medevial times the crossbow was what started the process
>of heavy armoured knights becoming obsolete as a military
>formation, even before the apearance of firearms. It was easy to
>use (point and shoot) but more important powerfull enough to
>pierce the heaviest plates of armour with shocking ease (today's
>kevlar is too pretty much useless against crosbow bolts). Pope
>Innocent III even tried to outlaw the crossbow as a most
>unchristian, barbarous and cruel weapon but it was simply too
>efective to be ignored and not used.

Wow. Got a whole point/counterpoint thread going on here about the archiac 
weapons. I like it! Crossbows and composite bows are deadly weapons indeed. 
I have seen some hunters use these weapons to stalk their prey.

That made me think of the movie "Surviving The Game" and using the basic 
elements for an adventure. Throw in a splash of "Deliverence" and a dash of 
"Southern Comfort" and the PC's are caught in a deadly survival of the 
fittest.


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