Bowyer(adv)
Prerequisite skills — Woodworks: 5
With the Bowyer skill, a character may create Bows rated in Tier value up to their Bowyer level (ie: Bowyer: 8 can make up to T8 Bow). Additionally, they may create arrows at the rate of 1 per skill point in Bowyer each day. Tool production multiplier effects function with ammunition creation.
This skill requires a minimum of Crude tools & all required materials on hand.
The time it takes to create Bow is: the desired Tier value multiplied by itself.
[Tier value x Tier value] = days to create a Bow with Crude tools.
Basic tools will double output & a Workshop will quadruple output from baseline (even for creating arrows).
| Tier Value | Crude Tools | Basic Tools | Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | 1 day | 0.5 days | 0.25 days |
| Tier 2 | 4 days | 2 days | 1 day |
| Tier 3 | 9 days | 4.5 days | 2.25 days |
| Tier 4 | 16 days | 8 days | 4 days |
| Tier 5 | 25 days | 12.5 days | 6.25 days |
| Tier 6 | 36 days | 18 days | 9 days |
| Tier 7 | 49 days | 24.5 days | 12.25 days |
| Tier 8 | 64 days | 32 days | 16 days |
| Tier 9 | 81 days | 40.5 days | 20.25 days |
| Tier 10 | 100 days | 50 days | 25 days |
| Tier 11 | 121 days | 60.5 days | 30.25 days |
| Tier 12 | 144 days | 72 days | 36 days |
Required materials for creating bows are: wood material of either 1 beam or 1 lumber, & 5 feet of cordage.
Required materials for creating arrows are: feathers, wood shaft material of either 1 beam or 1 lumber (each granting 100 arrow shafts), & stone/bone/metal arrowhead material.
-Arrowheads may be created with Metalworks skill, granting 30 per ingot used (there is no bonuses from higher Tier ingots at this time).
-Stone arrowheads may be scavenged in most areas with GM approval.
-Bone arrowheads may be processed by breaking down 1 Bone Shard. This creates 5 Bone arrowheads. This process does not take additional time when creating arrows with this skill.
-Feathers may be collected with Trapping skill anywhere there are birds (or they may be scavenged in some areas with GM approval).
Repair of bows requires Woodworks: 1+. Bows are destroyed at T0 (& cannot go lower than T0) but may be repaired as long as they are still T1 or higher. Upon repair, requiring 1/100th the creation time, the original Tier value is completely restored.