I have the following techs:
From the shaping crafting discipline you have been trained in Basic Lumberjacking, Improved Logging, Arboreal Enlightenment, Bowcrafting Basics, Composite Bow Shaping, and Bow Lamination.

I have the following skills:

Engineering: 202 19%
Scholarship: 543 54%

When I study the instructions on page one of chapter four I get this: You scan the composite bow instructions with a glance and quickly realize the design is far beyond your abilities.

Why would it be so much more difficult than a shortbow or longbow?

Regards,

Sortny/Braunwen

>>Why would it be so much more difficult than a shortbow or longbow?

>>The easiest composite bow is a challenging recipe. Challenging recipes, in general, take 550 ranks with no techs, or ~370 ranks with all the appropriate techs. I imagine Kodius had to space them out the way he did so the bows cover a wide range from extremely easy to very difficult.

This, and per attack composite bows hit harder than the other two. This follows the same model as Weaponsmithing. Small Edged weapons are the easiest to make while 2HE templates start at challenging difficulty. Also, making composite bows is not the same as making a shortbow or longbow. They are not just a pole staves bent with a string.