>>2833764>he probably doesn’t want to be carrying around a goat foot lever or ratchet system.a hand spanned crossbow can easily be made several times heavier than any bow, let alone a flimsy shortbow, without being more difficult to use.
>>2833759movie producers love bows as weapons for women and "survivalists" because of implications that bows are easier to use than melee weapons, don't require strength and pass as an improvised weapon. of course none of those are true but the stereotype is so entrenched that it persists. on the other hand crossbows are depicted as either miniature or absolutely massive high tech weapons that are used by mercenaries/assasins or professional soldiers, stereotyped as a weapon of a sort of rogue who carries lots of specialized tools, gimmicks and doodads and is always well prepared and tricky. the class of more grounded and basic crossbows is almost entirely absent.
>>2833766that one is for throwing lightweight poison needles, not bolts but medieval crossbows these copy the trigger from could be made completely out of wood and rope and remain very potent hunting tools or even weapons shooting proper bolts.
t. /k/rossbow eggspert
