Archery Contest? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Archery Contest? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Ao
10-30-04, 12:22 PM I've looked through all my core books, splat books, dungeon mags, dragon mags, old modules and gazeteers, even some of my ancient tomes of 1st and 2nd edition lore. I know that somewhere there are rules for running competitions, tournament style jousts, archery competitions, etc...

Can anyone help me find a source covering this subject?
MortalPlague
10-30-04, 12:39 PM It's largely up to DM choice. I generally set an AC for the bullseye (somewhere around 25) then determine where the arrow lands by how much it misses (each ring ends up 5 lower than the previous). For tie-breaking, the winning archers keep shooting until one of them hits the bullseye where the other misses.

Don't forget to include other activities too- you can have a melee, a joust, some sleight of hand games, some mental games, magic shows, banquets, dances, etc. Archery may be the main event, but you can have plenty of things for people of other skills to do.
Dash Branaghan
10-30-04, 04:57 PM Check out this thread:

http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=317511&highlight=Archery+Contest

Dash
Peter the Hegemon
10-30-04, 05:12 PM Complete Warrior, Chapter 4, has information regarding sporting combat, including archery contests.
lifespeed
10-30-04, 08:41 PM If you can find it, there's an old AD&D 2nd Edition book, I believe it's called the Castle Builders Guide or something along those lines, I know it has Castle and probably Guide or Book in the title. Anyway, it had lots of really neat information concerning feudal society, and a whole chapter on tournaments.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Ao 10-30-04, 12:22 PM	I've looked through all my core books, splat books, dungeon mags, dragon mags, old modules and gazeteers, even some of my ancient tomes of 1st and 2nd edition lore. I know that somewhere there are rules for running competitions, tournament style jousts, archery competitions, etc... Can anyone help me find a source covering this subject?
MortalPlague 10-30-04, 12:39 PM	It's largely up to DM choice. I generally set an AC for the bullseye (somewhere around 25) then determine where the arrow lands by how much it misses (each ring ends up 5 lower than the previous). For tie-breaking, the winning archers keep shooting until one of them hits the bullseye where the other misses. Don't forget to include other activities too- you can have a melee, a joust, some sleight of hand games, some mental games, magic shows, banquets, dances, etc. Archery may be the main event, but you can have plenty of things for people of other skills to do.
Dash Branaghan 10-30-04, 04:57 PM	Check out this thread: http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=317511&highlight=Archery+Contest Dash
Peter the Hegemon 10-30-04, 05:12 PM	Complete Warrior, Chapter 4, has information regarding sporting combat, including archery contests.
lifespeed 10-30-04, 08:41 PM	If you can find it, there's an old AD&D 2nd Edition book, I believe it's called the Castle Builders Guide or something along those lines, I know it has Castle and probably Guide or Book in the title. Anyway, it had lots of really neat information concerning feudal society, and a whole chapter on tournaments.