Hornbow question


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In the description for the hornbow is the following phrase: "Any effect that applies to both longbows and shortbows also applies to hornbows."

http://www.d20pfsrd.com/equipment/weapons/weapon-descriptions/hornbow-orc/

Does "effect" include "proficiency"? Meaning, if a character is proficient with both a longbow and a shortbow, are they proficient with a hornbow? Or would they still need to add it as an exotic weapon proficiency?


no, they'd still need the feat.
that line is there for something like

Bow Awesomeness
you're so cool when using a longbow or shortbow.

This lets the hornbow also work.

But something like

Longbow love
you love the longbow more than any other weapon

doesn't count since it doesn't include shortbow.

The author explained that it was to try and "make it work with existing abilities and future abilities that work for all bows but specifically listed long and short to avoid ambiguity of it works with hornbow." (not a quote)


Useful thread with author commentary

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