Talk:Tuigan Bow/@comment-213.113.233.241-20190311215703/@comment-8506165-20190613191711

^Yes and no.

The Tuigan Bow is excellent for classes that don't get additional APR because it grants one for free, but at the same time it's still good in the hands of a fighter-type character with shortbow grandmastery because while their damage goes up by only 25% instead of 50%, 25% of a grandmaster's damage may well be more than 50% of a thief's damage. Especially notable if you're running an Archer - all my archers have used the Tuigan Bow for most of BG2 because one extra attack with all those archer bonuses is better than, say, Imoen or Jan getting one extra shot. Particularly as an Archer will almost never miss a shot except on a roll of 1, whereas Imoen or Jan will miss much more frequently against high-AC enemies so using a bow or crossbow with higher enchantment will give them a better THAC0 so they might actually hit what they're aiming at more reliably.