Now this is a scaling I like a lot.

I hear somdone has summoned me! :3 and sure I would love to challenge @melonhead if he is up for it. :3

Sorry about that, messed up on post>< But yes I would love to challenge @MelonHead if he is up for it. :3

Sure Bushido, who do you want to fight and with whom?

http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/79934-people-trapped-in-a-giant-melon/ooc

Try and find someone of a similar tier to the character you want to fight with and we can face off.

Too stereotypical for a native american-like character to be my archer? Then again, Japanese people are still running around with katanas.

Katana's are part of their heritage. The bow is part of only specific Indians identity. Once they got their hands on firearms they went with those instead.

So the Angar are glowing cyborg space romans?

Its armor. :K

Too stereotypical for a native american-like character to be my archer? Then again, Japanese people are still running around with katanas.

It would be more stereotypical to be running around with a tomahawk or club variant, the majority of 'Native Americans' in the conventional sense used the bow and arrow before and for a while during colonization.

Though the Aztecs were more fond of the Sling, and only Jungle Incas used the bow and arrow. So it really depends on what tribe your character was from. The bow really isn't a cultural weapon, it was a solution to a problem which a wide number of different civilisations discovered and mastered at different times. I don't think there was anything particularly unique or special about First Nation's bows either, unlike the Middle Eastern variety or even the British Longbow.

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It would be more stereotypical to be running around with a tomahawk or club variant, the majority of 'Native Americans' in the conventional sense used the bow and arrow before and for a while during colonization.

Though the Aztecs were more fond of the Sling, and only Jungle Incas used the bow and arrow. So it really depends on what tribe your character was from. The bow really isn't a cultural weapon, it was a solution to a problem which a wide number of different civilisations discovered and mastered at different times. I don't think there was anything particularly unique or special about First Nation's bows either, unlike the Middle Eastern variety or even the British Longbow.

Actually, the Apache bow is even more powerful than the mongol bow. That's right, more accurate and powerful. Which is quite something if you know how powerful the Mongolian bow is (Modern creations pretty much match it).

@ImportantNobody Also, the bow much like the spear was so widely used by so many cultures, to say it belongs to anyone enough to be their staple is almost silly. Like Skalla did mention, the moment they got their hands on firearms, they had no qualms on using it over bows. They adapted very fast to changes, horses were not even native to america, but they learned to tame and ride them quicker than any of their rivals. While the Aztecs for example were to busy being terrified of horses.

I'm not really seeing anything supporting the whole 'Apache bow better than Mongol' assertion, other than a test on Deadliest Warrior which is hardly conclusive. Their comparative ranges for example puts the Mongol Bow at half again superior.

I'm not really seeing anything supporting the whole 'Apache bow better than Mongol' assertion, other than a test on Deadliest Warrior which is hardly conclusive. Their comparative ranges for example puts the Mongol Bow at half again superior.

That's it. I'm sick of all this "English bow" bullshit that's going on in Rp system right now. Apache bows deserve much better than that. Much, much better than that.

I should know what I'm talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine Apache bow in Japan for 2,400,000 Yen (that's about $20,000) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 years now. I can even shoot through slabs of solid steel with my Apache bow.

Apache elders spend years working on a single bow and fold it up to a million times to produce the finest bows known to mankind.

Apache bows are thrice as accurate as European bows and shoot thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a English bow can shoot through, a Apache bow can shoot through better. I'm pretty sure a Apache bow could easily bisect a knight wearing full plate with a simple blunt arrow.

Ever wonder why medieval Europe never bothered conquering America? That's right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Apache warriors and their bows of destruction. Even during American colonization, British soldiers targeted the men with the bows first because their killing power was feared and respected.

Damn the Japanese and their Apache Bow making! I heard they fire arrows shaped like Katanas!

Damn the Japanese and their Apache Bow making! I heard they fire arrows shaped like Katanas!

Just goes to show anything from Japan is OP.

The one thing the Japanese overlooked, shields.

Still have no idea why.

Well, I have some idea why, but I'm still not wholly convinced.

@Rilla Hey dude. I just got my first arena RP up on the interest check. I would like it to be ranked please.

roleplayerguild.com/topics/84679-kaiju..

The one thing the Japanese overlooked, shields.

Still have no idea why.

Well, I have some idea why, but I'm still not wholly convinced.

They don't have good hand guards on their Katanas either. They look nice but I'm fond of cross guards.

I was thinking it might be stereotypical to have a modern day native American-like character still using a bow and arrow in modern society because people would think she's primative or something. However, her bow is specially infused with a spirit and passed down through generations so it makes sense to still be using it. She's from an alternate reality or another world where her tribe survived colonilization through great infinity and a group of heros, one of which used her bow.

Well is it an Indian or not. Native American like means it is just a person who uses bows? If it's an Indian/Native/First nations character is it sterotypical? Not really, like I said a bow is a tool. Replaced by a rifle. If the bow is 'sacred' then why worry about it, it fits the hx if the character.

I wonder if a modern day american with a gun would also be considered a stereotype...

I wonder if a modern day american with a gun would also be considered a stereotype...

Probably, give them a cow-boy hat and definitely.