Azrative Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Idea for an superb mod. Set of greatbows! Dark Souls style gigantic bows which deal tons of damage and stun opponent on every hit ( or make him flying away ) but it takes 3-5 seconds to draw an arrow and you can't move while you are doing so. Also they require special ammo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathbymanga Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 What if it was two Longbows fitted together at the gripand where the bow would be pulled. The Bow would have twice the force of a normal bow, so you'd have the range of a longbow, but the force of a hunting bow. or something like that. I can imagine the arrow being fitted between the bows. Perhaps make the bow out of dragonbones. Killing dragons with a Dragonbone Greatbow. First you make 2 Dragonbone Longbows, then you use those to craft a Dragonbone Greatbow, with twice the speed and power, effectly hitting airborn dragons like a bullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazgren Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 There would have to be more of drawback (pun not intended). Two bow's combined would require a tremendous amount of strength to... draw back. The arrow would need to take a bit longer, maybe the 3-5 seconds to knock the arrow, then your character will slowly pull it back, the longer you wait, the further and more damage you do, however if you wait too long you will lose your grip and drop the arrow, and maybe the bow too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathbymanga Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 There needs to be a strength mechanic in skyrim for things like this. I guess there could be a perk that let's you pull the drawstring faster later on, i actually think there already is a perk for increasing your draw speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boombro Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 There a sword called dragonbane with dragon killing enchantment (I think.) I think it can be applied to a bow with another effect? Maybe a big custom one with dragon skull on it! But it has a slower draw or running speed like a debuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrative Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 (edited) I found mod called Greatbows Collection - Warbow Mod. But it isn't really what I'm looking for. Bows there are to small, load to fast, look to normal and you can move while drawing. What if it was two Longbows fitted together at the gripand where the bow would be pulled. The Bow would have twice the force of a normal bow, so you'd have the range of a longbow, but the force of a hunting bow. or something like that. I can imagine the arrow being fitted between the bows. Perhaps make the bow out of dragonbones. Killing dragons with a Dragonbone Greatbow. First you make 2 Dragonbone Longbows, then you use those to craft a Dragonbone Greatbow, with twice the speed and power, effectly hitting airborn dragons like a bullet. Nah, it has to be something different. Bigger than a longbow (not wider ;p), with custom but lore-friendly look. Just take a look at DkS and DkSII greatbows... Also, those bows would have to be hard to get and they would require whole new branch in archery skill tree. So much work... I would be one of the best mods on Nexus if done properly. Shame that I don't have any modding skills... So sad ;c Edited October 25, 2014 by Azrative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazgren Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 How about something akin to the bow Lurtz uses in LOTR? I say bow, but Balistae would probably be more accurate. It nearly sends Boromir flying, like i said previously though, that is probably also thanks to Lurtz' Gargantuan strength. While writing that, a better LOTR based suggestion occured to me. How about the Black arrow and Windlance from the Hobbit? That's used to kill a dragon and is a fair bit more then your average bow and arrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrative Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 How about something akin to the bow Lurtz uses in LOTR? I say bow, but Balistae would probably be more accurate. It nearly sends Boromir flying, like i said previously though, that is probably also thanks to Lurtz' Gargantuan strength. While writing that, a better LOTR based suggestion occured to me. How about the Black arrow and Windlance from the Hobbit? That's used to kill a dragon and is a fair bit more then your average bow and arrow. We already have mod very similar to what you are suggesting. Since Balistae are pretty much oversized crossbows you should look up this Siege CrossBow Collection. They are hardly lore-friendly though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathbymanga Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Nazgren, the Windlance was a Seige Crossbow, not a bow. But Azrative, i really don't see why the need to make it so complicated. Dragons are already incredibly easy to kill once you get to like level 15-20. unless you are doing a mod that makes dragons super hard to kill and makes the gameplay harder, like SkyRe or Requiem, but then, the mere acquisition of Dragonbones is enough of a difficult challenge that crafting two longbows out of it would more than be a reward to the player. Like, imagine killing a Dragon gets you enough Dragon Bones to craft 1 Dragonbone Longbow. and a Single Dragonbone Longbow is already a much better tool than your existing Longbow, so killing you next dragon will still be difficult, but then you get 2 Dragonbone Longbows, which you can then craft together. Perhaps you could put a restriction on the Greatbow in that the bows need something very strong as well to hold the bows together, but there you go, an additional challenge needed in order to craft this awesome weapon. Perhaps for flavour you could have, because the grip would then be too thick to hold with your hand, a skull-like guard would be crafted into the middle, which would also serve as the binding for the two bows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazgren Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 (edited) I was referring to its design, it would obviously be scaled down. hmm, How about a belly bow / Gastraphetes? That design pretty much allows for a bow of any scale and eliminates the problem of holding it. You could also have it loaded by some form of dwemer mechanism? Edited October 25, 2014 by Nazgren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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