Lloyd Dupont Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Cool comparison video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qizilbashwoman Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Who in Glorantha has crossbows other than dwarves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kloster Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 9 minutes ago, Qizilbashwoman said: Who in Glorantha has crossbows other than dwarves? Westerners? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd Dupont Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 Hey! it's the Inn! It's not all about Glorantha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 It's also worth noting that the "belly-bow" (crossbow that you knock by leaning into it with your whole weight, with a belly-oriented stock instead of shoulder-oriented as per medieval styles) was a thing in ancient Greece for at least 3-4 centuries BCE... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastraphetes#/media/File:Gastraphetes_-_catapult_ancestor_-_antica_catapulta.jpg So we have some level of ancient-world authenticity! Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill the barbarian Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 9 hours ago, Qizilbashwoman said: Who in Glorantha has crossbows other than dwarves? For some reason, ducks! Most ducks, (have not got stats, I will state up from, this is purely subjective) in RQ seem to have crossbows... Go figure. 1 Quote ... remember, with a TARDIS, one is never late for breakfast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd Dupont Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 Makes sense! Ducks might not be strong enough for pulling a 200 pounds longbow! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Thanks for sharing. It is an interesting comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 44 minutes ago, Lloyd Dupont said: Makes sense! Ducks might not be strong enough for pulling a 200 pounds longbow! Also they don't have the size to span the full pull of a longbow... unless they sit down, brace the bow with their feet, and draw with both hands. But that would be silly. And we know Durulz are NEVER silly. Don't we, Bill? 1 Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill the barbarian Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Sigh, and here is your lump of coal you naughty little boy, giving grief on Krampus Eve!. 1 Quote ... remember, with a TARDIS, one is never late for breakfast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qizilbashwoman Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 2 hours ago, g33k said: Also they don't have the size to span the full pull of a longbow... unless they sit down, brace the bow with their feet, and draw with both hands. are you dissing these feet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd Dupont Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 How dare you! 😮 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 4 hours ago, Qizilbashwoman said: are you dissing these feet Never! 4 hours ago, Qizilbashwoman said: Arachne Solara's web binds all. Durulz feet are webbed. Not sayin' She is actually a Durulz. Not sayin' She ain't. Just sayin' 1 Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qizilbashwoman Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 14 minutes ago, g33k said: Arachne Solara's web binds all. Durulz feet are webbed. Not sayin' She is actually a Durulz. Not sayin' She ain't. Just sayin' bless this square and all that binds it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 The transcendent goddess with the webbed feet is Imarja. Arachne Solara with eight webbed duck feet is a somehow disturbing image. Quote Telling how it is excessive verbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Scott Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 On 12/24/2019 at 3:15 PM, Qizilbashwoman said: Who in Glorantha has crossbows other than dwarves? Old Pavisites (See Pavis GtA for more details) Quote Pavisite crossbows were copied from those of the dwarfs, although the original design has changed over the centuries; now, they are large wooden belly-bows that use an elaborate slider-mechanism. Quote ----- Search the Glorantha Resource Site: https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com. Search the Glorantha mailing list archives: https://glorantha.steff.in/digests/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 So, the "gastraphetes" then (see .jpg linked above) Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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