Bowcraft and Fletching
Bowcraft is the skill for making archery weapons - bows and crossbows. Fletching is the ability to make the ammunition for archery weapons - arrows and bolts. Together they combine to make one skill.
Tools and Supplies
Fletcher's Tools - The tool used by bowyers and fletchers to create the weapons and ammunition associated with archery
Boards, logs - used to form shafts for arrows and bolts and to make bows and crossbows
Feathers - combined with shafts to make arrows and bolts
Using the Skill
To use the skill, dbl click the fletcher's tool to access the bowcraft/fletching gump.
This gump works like all standard crafting gumps.
Choose a category from the left. All items in that category will list on the right. Choose an item.
If you have the required supplies, your character will attempt to make the item. If successful, the supplies are removed and the item will be placed in your backpack. Failure to make the item will result in a loss of some supplies.
| Item | Supplies | Minimum Skill | GM Success Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials | |||
| Kindling | 1 board or log | 0.0 | 100.0% |
| Shaft | 1 board or log | 0.0 | 100.0% |
| Ammunition | |||
| Arrow | 1 shaft, 1 feather | 0.0 | 100.0% |
| Crossbow Bolt | 1 shaft, 1 feather | 0.0 | 100.0% |
| Weapons | |||
| Bow | 7 boards or logs | 30.0 | 100.0 Normal% br> 58.8% Exceptional |
| Crossbow | 7 boards or logs | 60.0 | 100.0% Normal br> 40.0% Exceptional |
| Heavy Crossbow | 10 boards or logs | 80.0 | 75.0% Normal br> 27.5% Exceptional |