Well, let me tell ya ’bout this here greatbow thing, ya know, the one they use in that Dungeons and Dragons game. My grandson, he’s always talkin’ ’bout it. Greatbow 5e, he calls it.

First off, it ain’t no ordinary bow, no sirree. It’s HUGE! Bigger than a man, almost. They say some of them are like eight feet tall! Can you imagine? Taller than my door frame, that’s for sure. Must be a real pain to lug around, I tell ya. Heavy too, they say it weighs three pounds, but I bet it feels like ten after you been carryin’ it all day.

Now, you can’t just go around shootin’ this thing like some little pea shooter. You gotta be strong, real strong. They say you need a Strength score of 13 or higher. That means you gotta have muscles, not like these skinny city folk. This bow ain’t for the weaklings, that’s for sure. If you’re a little fella, or a small creature, like a goblin or somethin’, and you get hit with an arrow from this thing? Well, you’re gonna go flyin’ back five feet! Knock you right off your feet, it will.

And the arrows? Them things ain’t no joke neither. They call ’em greatarrows, and each one weighs a whole pound! A whole pound! I remember when I used to carry a whole basket of apples that weighed less than that. Imagine gettin’ hit with one of them things. Ouch! It’ll do some damage, that’s for certain. They say it does 1d10 piercing damage. That sounds like a lot to me.

This greatbow, it ain’t cheap neither. Fifty gold pieces, they say. That’s a lot of money, even for them fancy adventurers. You could buy a whole cow with that kind of money, maybe even two! But I guess if you want to do some serious damage, you gotta pay the price.

• It’s big: Bigger than a regular bow, taller than a person almost.
• It’s heavy: Weighs three pounds, feels like more.
• You need to be strong: Strength score of 13 or higher.
• It hits hard: Does 1d10 piercing damage.
• It’s expensive: Costs 50 gold pieces.
• It pushes you back: Small creatures get knocked back five feet.

Now, some folks say giants made these bows for huntin’ dragons. Dragons! Can you believe that? I ain’t never seen no dragon, but I reckon you’d need a big ol’ bow like this to take one down. They say these bows can shoot really far too, like 150 feet, some even say 200 or even 800 feet!. That’s further than I can throw a rock, that’s for sure.

My grandson, he’s always talkin’ ’bout different ways to use this greatbow. He says there are things called “feats” and “classes” that make it even better. Somethin’ about a “Battlemaster Fighter” and a “Piercer feat.” Sounds like a bunch of mumbo jumbo to me, but he seems to know what he’s talkin’ ’bout. He even talks about using Strength instead of Dexterity to shoot it. He also says something about a Lion Greatbow that uses gravity powers, I don’t know what kind of magic that is, but it sounds mighty powerful. He also said something about it being unwieldy at close range.

Anyways, that’s what I know ’bout this greatbow 5e thing. It’s a big, heavy bow that hits hard and costs a lot. You gotta be strong to use it, and it’ll knock you on your butt if you’re small. It’s the kind of weapon you use when you want to do some serious damage, whether you’re huntin’ dragons or just tryin’ to survive in some dungeon. It ain’t for the faint of heart, that’s for sure.

So there you have it. A little bit about the greatbow, from an old woman who don’t know nothin’ ’bout these fancy games, but knows a thing or two ’bout what’s big and what’s strong. And this greatbow, well, it’s both of them things, and then some.

Tags: [Greatbow 5e, Strength, Heavy Weapon, Ranged Weapon, D&D, Damage, Ammunition, 5th Edition]