Renojustin: most crossbows also have +1 precision IIRC.
That reminds me how my cousin and his friend were arguing about if a medieval person would have known what to do with a crossbow if he hadn't seen one before. Everyone would know what a bow is, one of them argued, but crossbows would be more rare and an average peasant wouldn't know what to do with it. His argument was countered by the following statement: "Crossbows are Simple in 3rd edition".
Any way, while we are speaking of game stats, I like Conceptual Balance bows. Crude Short Bows are about equal, normal short bows are slightly more accurate, and more advanced bows/crossbows are better.
Speaking of mods, about a year ago Sombre helped me make a mod that gave all slingers a weapon that deals -2 damage, plus strength. It also increases the range to slightly over a short bow's range, but that's overkill, really. Strength of Giants boosting slingers' damage would be enough to give them a niche use. Would anyone be interested in seeing that mod updated?
Yet another mod-related thought: I should add a site with elite slingers to the magic site mod.
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