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PossibleCabbage wrote:One can treat this as future proofing in order to be able to use "Longbows and Shortbows" as shorthand for "bows that are not crossbows". If they roll out a weapon enhancement only for bows- long, short, and horn they would not need to reference a non PFRPG book (in case this is an issue, hardcovers don't reference softcovers) or use an awkward construction like "Bows that are not crossbows.This. If the text doesn't apply to anything you're using on your PC, then ignore it.
So, as I understand this.
Larger even than a longbow, these bows are often made from the horns of great beasts. Though they have a shorter range than other bows, their greater destructive power is highly favored by orcs and their kin. All hornbows are composite bows and can be modified to benefit from high Strength scores in the same way as other composite bows. Any effect that applies to both longbows and shortbows also applies to hornbows.
This means that I can apply any effect that I require a Longbow or Shortbow to use, to the Hornbow. As an exotic big brother to the longbow.
For example Stabbing shot as mentioned earlier:
Benefit: When adjacent to an opponent and making a full-attack action with a longbow or shortbow (including composite bows), you may choose to make a melee attack against that opponent with a drawn arrow rather than firing it.
Here the ability/effect specifies that it can be used with a longbow or a shortbow, and so applies to both of these.
Once again; Any effect that applies to both longbows and shortbows also applies to hornbows.
So my Elf ranger with EWP Hornbow Orc, gets to stab peeps in the eye with an arrow.