Ranged Weapons

Bow skill

Bow skill allows a character to use bows and crossbows. For Archers it is one of the default skills, Knights can pick it at the start. The skill can be learned later in Castle Ironfist (500), Silver Cove (625) (Berserkers' Fury guilds), Misty Islands (500) or Free Haven (625) (Duelists' Edge guilds).

Expert teachers can be found in Castle Ironfist (Helen Teal) and Frozen Highlands (Jed Morrison) (rank 4, 2000)

Desmond Weller in Kriegspire teaches master bow at rank 8 for free after the Battle Mage promotion quest is completed.

Bows

	Name	Value	Attack	Damage	ID/Repair	L1	L2	L3	L4	L5	L6
	Longbow	100	0	5d2	1	5	10	5
	"A simple longbow constructed of common materials and uninspired design."
	Name	Value	Attack	Damage	ID/Repair	L1	L2	L3	L4	L5	L6
	Elven Bow	200	2	5d2 + 2	3		10	20	10	5	5
	"A weapon only made by the Elves of the great Erathian forests. This one reflects the same high quality workmanship found in all Elvish artifacts."
	Name	Value	Attack	Damage	ID/Repair	L1	L2	L3	L4	L5	L6
	Precision Bow	300	4	5d2 + 4	5		5	10	20	10	10
	"Etched initials at the base of the bow indicate this bow was made by master bowyer Ivan Selving's workshop during the Timber Wars against the Elves of Erathia in the late 600's."
	Name	Value	Attack	Damage	ID/Repair	L1	L2	L3	L4	L5	L6
	Magic Bow	400	6	5d2 + 6	7			5	10	20	10
	"This bow is composed of strange materials and bound together by subtle enchantments.  It is extremely light and accurate."
	Name	Value	Attack	Damage	ID/Repair	L1	L2	L3	L4	L5	L6
	Stellar Bow	500	8	5d2 + 8	9				5	10	20
	"Created by stripping the Heavenly Forges of their enchanted parts when they became useless some years after the Silence, very few of these bows have survived the passage of time. What few remain are hoarded by the Elves and individual collectors."

Crossbows

	Name	Value	Skill Group	Attack	Damage	ID/Repair	L1	L2	L3	L4	L5	L6
	Crossbow	50	Bow	0	4d2	1	5	10	5
	"Crossbows are the deadliest ranged weapons made since the Time of Wonders. This crossbow is made of stout Yew wood and metal fixtures, but is otherwise rather ordinary."
	Name	Value	Skill Group	Attack	Damage	ID/Repair	L1	L2	L3	L4	L5	L6
	Accurate Crossbow	200	Bow	3	4d2 + 3	4		5	10	10	10
	"These crossbows were stockpiled by Archibald just prior to the Succession War for use against his brother. As with most decisions involving death, Archibald chose wisely. These crossbows are amongst the best in the land."
	Name	Value	Skill Group	Attack	Damage	ID/Repair	L1	L2	L3	L4	L5	L6
	True Crossbow	400	Bow	7	4d2 + 7	8				10	10	15
	"Equipped with a hand crank and shaft sights, these exceptional crossbows are superior to all that have come before. Just where they are coming from is a mystery at this time "

Artifact

	Name	Value	Type	Damage	ID/Repair	Perk
	Percival	20 000	Stellar bow	5d2 +10	15	Swiftness, carnage
	"Percival was enchanted by the Archer's Guild in 912 A.S. as the prototype in an enchantment process they were developing at the time.  Unfortunately, a suspicious fire broke out at the guild hall, ruining the development plans and destroying the exotic materials needed to create more Percivals.  The guild never recovered from their losses, and sold Percival to the Elves in 918 A.S..  It has since changed hands many times."

Relic

	Name	Value	Type	Damage	ID/Rep	Perk
	Artemis	30 000	Stellar bow	5d2 +12	20	+20 electricity damage, -10 elemental resistances
	"Graced with the might of thunder, Artemus fires bolts magically charged with electricity.  While powerful, the user of the bow should be careful--elemental magics seem drawn to the bow, and do more damage when they hit the wielder."

Ancient weapon skill

Ancient weapon is an endgame skill which allows a hero to use blasters. It can be taught by touching a plate in Control Center (Free Haven).

Expert teachers live in New Sorpigal (Igor) and Eel Infested Waters (Pat Skylark) (rank 4, 2000).

The skill can be mastered for 5000 by Rexella in Paradise Valley if a hero has a blaster.

Blasters

Unlike other ranged weapons blasters are equipped in the right hand. They cannot be enchanted and never have any modifiers.

	Name	Value	Skill Group	Attack	Damage	Not identified name	ID/Repair
	Blaster	0	Blaster	8	3d5 + 8	Ancient Weapon	20
	"A weapon of awesome power, clearly created during the Time of Wonders."
	Name	Value	Skill Group	Attack	Damage	Not identified name	ID/Repair
	Blaster Rifle	0	Blaster	12	5d5 + 12	Ancient Weapon	20
	"The finest of personal weapons made during the Time of Wonders, this Blaster Rifle can deal death faster than any weapon you have ever seen."