![]() ![]() And certainly, strapping additional ones to your body would be progressively more awkward.īut keep in mind that the game already allows for many abstractions or hand-waiving in regards to carried equipment for the sake of playability. You're quite right that quivers, wherever they're strapped, tend to be awkward. Kelvar Silvermace wrote: Many good points. between combats and would try to maintain a full load whenever practical). ![]() Of course, a prudent archer would refill his primary quiver with more arrows from his pack/etc. (Naturally, he can have more arrows in a backpack/bag of holding, etc., but accessing it is probably going to be at least a full round action. I think I'd allow one quiver, worn on the character's "weak side" or on his back (handwaving some of the difficulties I think he'd encounter in real life) and I'd allow-at most, perhaps 24 arrows in it. I've had training in this using a modern rifle with state of the art holographic red dot sights and even under those (far more favorable) circumstances I can tell you, this is no easy thing to do. Even assuming you're using a crossbow, transitioning to one's weakside is easier said than done and is something that requires a lot of practice to even be remotely competitive with one's dominant side. Trying to access arrows from an unusual location is going to be awkward and slow-at best. It also bears mentioning that most characters are going have a dominant hand-especially with a bow. I see alot of miniatures/artwork where the archer has a quiver strapped across his back-and I love those minis and drawings-but I also wonder, what would happen if that character had to bend over to tie his shoes.or to inspect some tracks in the mud? Even having *one* normal quiver on can feel really awkward. I also suspect you'd be missing quite a few arrows by the time you stopped running. I strongly suspect this would really slow one down and certainly would make one far less nimble than normal. Granted, I've never tried it, but I recommend anyone who thinks this is a viable option to pick up a couple of full quivers in real life and try running 100 meters with one strapped to each hip. Not to rain on anyone's parade, but this sounds really awkward and cumbersome to me. If you mean the former, then an archer could likely carry one quiver on each hip and two more quivers across his back with a proper harness. Do you mean ready-to-draw or simply carried? ![]()
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