Archery

Skill Master: Renaud Bayard
Attendant: Rafail Mellilis
Rank Range: Rank 1 - 3

Topics: Archery, Fletching, Ranged Combat, Artillery, Mounted Combat, Bow Care

Books: The Book of Archery, Becoming the Arrow

Where to Go: Course Link

The way of the archer is a proud path. A skilled marksman has many uses. They can fell an enemy at great distance, feed their family as a hunter, remove a contracted target without being seen... Yes, the archer carries many talents. Studying

Archery

will help you to harness skills with a bow primarily. This includes a wide variety of bows including the longbow, recurve bow and crossbow. You will get to learn the progress of archery in Isilendor and how it has changed over the years. Studies also include mounted archery and how to shoot in close quarters, such as a thicket of woodlands.

Pursuing Archery with Master Bayard will assure you a great discipline for the future. It may just save your life.

At the end of the course you will earn the chance to certify as a Master in

Archery

. This certificate will not only mark the completion of the course, but will add bonuses to your attacks when using a ranged weapon during duels and battles.

If you have a Certificate in Archery, this can be claimed in a loadout during plot combat. Your dice rolls will become boosted by the certificate. Base archery weapons can be found in The Fletcher. We also have a number of status bows available to win or purchase (in The Collector). Here is the current list of bows that benefit from the Certificate of Archery:

Longbow - While this longbow is not particularly useful without arrows to go with it, when paired with its counterpart it has deadly aim! Well, only if you shoot well. If you can't shoot well this is literally useless. Practice your aim or go get a rock to bash someone with...

Standard Crossbow - Are you tired of only being able to shoot one arrow at a time? Have you begun to suffer terrible pain in your arms, back and shoulders? All these problems and more will seemingly melt away with the reliability of a nice and sturdy crossbow... now giving you the ability for rapid fire if you can load fast enough! Unfortunately, it is still a manual...

Mir'Tyela - Where Eagles fly so follows the arrows shot from Mir'Tyela. A work of master craftsmanship, this legendary bow combines enchanted tree bark, gold, and eagle feathers to create a weapon steeped in superstition and mythos. Even its arrows, seeming to radiate light in all directions as they soar through air and water alike, are rumoured to be crafted with pure starlight itself. A mighty bow for a dedicated archer, let its light and magic guide you ever onwards.

Rain Bow - Targets must be specified. True to its name, The Rain Bow, can hail a storm whenever it is fired. Below the surface, however, it becomes an incredible and often formidable weapon. All shots fired become impervious to wind or rain, making it one of the most accurate bows in existence. Furthermore, when fired beneath the waves, it glides through water as though it was air making it a deadly shot against all who believe they are safe within the deepest depths...

Ender Bow - The Ender Bow is a mysterious relic of unknown origins that has continued to baffle scholars through the ages. Boasting the quickest draw of any longbow in existence, the Ender Bow is not only capable of firing in rapid succession but also hurtling projectiles at such speed they tear a hole through the fabric of reality. You heard me right. The arrows actually teleport! No one knows why such a strange phenomenon occurs, but it certainly makes it a hard weapon to dodge when, for half the distance, it does not even exist...

Airi's Windfall - Crafted by the Divine Child of Evergreen, Airi's Windfall is a longbow uniquely manipulated from the remnants of Evergreen. Much of its ornate structure was formed out of decoratively entwined bark, forever engulfed in brilliant pink blooms. Unlike most bows, Airi's Windfall can not be aimed. Upon firing a single shot, the razor-like petals along its back will scatter in all directions, dealing damage to all targets within the vicinity...

Here is what SM Renaud Bayard had to say:

"A good archer is known not by his arrows but by his aim.

Archery

is like a journey, it begins with a love for shooting a bow and a passion for watching our arrows fly. Whether you are a beginning, intermediate, or even advanced archer, Archery will give you something that's almost impossible to find elsewhere."

For more detailed sources of information, see the following links:
Hall of Attainment
Guild Registry
Archery
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