A small longbow does the same damage as a medium shortbow, so that is what you would want if you are proficient with all martial weapons in general or longbows in particular.
On the plus side, you can always go to the pathfinder lodge and say "I wand a small sized longbow, or I want a small sized longbow +1 and they'll reach under the counter and hand it to you. After you have enough fame (which should always outpace your gold) You can say "I want a small +1 shocking burst flaming holy animal bane" weapon- you don't need to wait to kill a halfling archer.
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That´s right, because hidden in the cellars of the pathfinder Lodge, somewhere deep within, are a lot of halfling slaves who know how to nick that bow for you. Even though halflings normaly prefer slings, they know to overcome their human slavers one day, they probably need bows too.
A medium shortbow is a 2 handed weapon
No, in the Core Rulebook, ranged weapons are not devided into light, one-handed, and two-handed. They're just ranged weapons. And they are listed as requiring two hands to use.
You need two hands to use a bow, regardless of its size.
Still, I agree that it wouldn't make much sense to take that -2 penalty if you can just buy a longbow that deals the same amount of damage as an inappropriately sized shortbow.
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A medium shortbow is a 2 handed weaponNo, in the Core Rulebook, ranged weapons are not devided into light, one-handed, and two-handed. They're just ranged weapons. And they are listed as requiring two hands to use.
You need two hands to use a bow, regardless of its size.
That's why my halfling uses a Colossal longbow. He is –10 to hit, but the damage is 5d6.
/sarcasm.
A medium shortbow is a 2 handed weaponNo, in the Core Rulebook, ranged weapons are not devided into light, one-handed, and two-handed. They're just ranged weapons. And they are listed as requiring two hands to use.
You need two hands to use a bow, regardless of its size.That's why my halfling uses a Colossal longbow. He is –10 to hit, but the damage is 5d6.
/sarcasm.
Stuff like that also came to mind when I looked at the weapon tables in Core Rulebook. There has to be some kind of size equivalent for ranged weapons. I just didn't find anything about that.
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If a weapon requires two hands to use, it is a two-handed weapon.Is a crossbow a two-handed weapon? or a pistol? both require two hands to load, but not to shot...
You can shoot a crossbow that is one size too large for you (using two hands), but you cannot load such a crossbow. You cannot shoot a crossbow that is two or more sizes too large for you.