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{{weapon
|name = Shortbow
|weight = 9.0
|skill = Ranged Weapons
|damage = 8
|accuracy = +2
|basedelay = 14
|mindelay = 7 at skill 14
|hands = 2H
|size = Medium
|ranged = Yes
|acquirement = 10
}}
{{flavour|A curved piece of wood and string, for shooting arrows.

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"You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth."

-Khalil Ghibran, _The Prophet_, "On Children". 1923.}}
{{crawlquote|This weapon falls into the ''Ranged Weapons'' category. It is a two-handed weapon}}

'''Shortbows''' are a starter [[ranged weapon]], slightly stronger than a [[sling]], but requiring two hands to wield. You'll likely want to upgrade to a [[orcbow]] once you have some Ranged Weapons skill. Shortbows are common in the early game, often in the hands of [[list of centaurs|centaurs]].

{| class="prettytable" style="border:none; margin:auto; padding:0; text-align: center"
! || Image
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| '''Mundane''' || [[File:Bow 1.png]]
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| '''Magical''' || [[File:Bow 2.png]]
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| '''Artifact''' || [[File:Bow 3.png]]
|}

==History==
*Prior to [[0.31]], shortbows had 9 damage and a base delay of 15.
*Prior to [[0.29]], shortbows had a base delay of 13, a mindelay of 6 (at skill 14), used the [[Bows (skill)|Bows skill]], and required [[arrow]]s. They were also affected by the [[Ranged Weapons#History|ranged weapons rework]] of this version.
*Prior to [[0.15]], shortbows were simply called "[[bow (item)|bows]]".

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[[Category:Bows]]

Shortbow - Revision history

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