One reason for this disparity likely has to do with movie props. In contrast, crossbow bolts tend to be shown as having proper stopping power when they hit and are generally shown being more lethal. Going along with that, a truly great archer with a bow generally can be more lethal than a great archer with a crossbow, due to how much faster their shooting rate could be.īows are usually treated as much less powerful than crossbows and thus are more likely to get the Annoying Arrows treatment.
Thus anyone using a bow in a fight is likely to have many more years of training, and potentially be more of a career fighter. Historically, while almost anyone could be taught to use a crossbow in relatively short time, and as such they were quickly adopted for conscripted soldiers, a bow requires years of practice to be truly good at. Less graceful, more 'brutish' or 'brute force' characters get crossbows while the graceful characters get arrows.īows carry an air of elitism about them, in a manner of speaking. For instance, Mooks are more likely to have crossbows, while heroes get regular bows.
(Battle of Crécy, from a 15th-century illustrated manuscript of Froissart's Chronicles.) note Cut off on the left: a retreating crossbowman with an arrow stuck in his arse.ĭespite being very different weapons, built with a different purpose in mind, standard bows and crossbows seem to be at odds with each other in many Fantasy settings. Genoese crossbows versus English longbows.
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