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 Jul 15 2007, 08:56 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 40 Joined: 26-May 06 Member No.: 8,607  |
My troll Archer player wants a smartlink on his bow, can I allow it? I don't know where it would be put though...
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Jul 15 2007, 08:59 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 942 Joined: 16-September 05 From: London Member No.: 7,753 |
Sounds like a reasonable idea to me - if a smartlink can fit into a pistol, there shouldn't be any reason it can't fit onto a bow..
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Jul 15 2007, 09:07 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: 27-June 07 From: Liberty-Township, Ohio Member No.: 12,068 |
I had a topic about this awhile ago. Apparently there is a page that describes bows being made with the smartgun system. I would suggest having it be an internal system, however. External would be a little strange on the bow.
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Jul 15 2007, 09:27 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 17-August 06 Member No.: 9,151 |
You can get laser sights for bows right now. I don't see why you couldn't get a smartlink system in the future.
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Jul 15 2007, 09:33 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,328 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
older versions had the option to add a single mount point to a bow, allowing the attachment of a laser sight or smartlink iirc.
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Jul 15 2007, 09:40 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
I can see no reason (rules or flavor-wise) why a Smartlink could not be installed internally.
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Jul 17 2007, 05:15 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 617 Joined: 28-May 03 From: Orlando Member No.: 4,644 |
Smartlinks are allowed on bows, check the sidebar its either in the smartlink section or the archery section I do not have a book on me right now.
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Jul 17 2007, 06:10 AM
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Freelance Dragon Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,812 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
...what makes you say an external system on a bow would be weird? That's how you do it, on bows. There are plenty of gadgets and widgets and add-ons that are added to bows today. There are stabilizers, level displays, laser sights, scopes, you name it, that all just bolt/screw onto the side (basically).
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Jul 17 2007, 11:07 AM
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Awakened Asset Group: Members Posts: 4,295 Joined: 9-April 05 From: AGS, North German League Member No.: 7,309 |
"Internal" would be more like a "fixed add-on" I suppose. IE, inside the grip of a composite bow. Just the same as with firearms.
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Jul 17 2007, 11:47 AM
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Old Man Jones Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,979 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699 |
Wouldn't having an internal space weaken the structure of the bow?
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