Am I proficient with composite bows?

[Soapbox]

I've started playing a Monk using Monastic Archer Stance using a composite shortbow. Monastic Archer Stance feat imparts proficiency with shortbows and longbows. However, it recently occurred to me that proficiency with shortbow and longbow does not necessarily mean I have proficiency with composite bows. So my question is, does proficiency in bows mean I'm also proficient with composite bows?

[The Raven Black]

Yes.

"Any time an ability is specifically restricted to a longbow, such as Erastil's favored weapon, it also applies to composite longbows unless otherwise stated."

From the description of Composite Longbow.

Same for Composite Shortbow.

[Soapbox]

The Raven Black wrote:

Yes.

"Any time an ability is specifically restricted to a longbow, such as Erastil's favored weapon, it also applies to composite longbows unless otherwise stated."

From the description of Composite Longbow.

Same for Composite Shortbow.

Thank you very much!

[Red Griffyn]

Yes, but you shouldn't use the short bow. Use the gakgung. Its a 1d6/propulsive/d8 deadly/monk bow with 100ft range. The flurry of blows only works for half the first range increment, so you trade a 1D10 for 1D8 deadly and get 20ft extra range on your flurry of blows with the bow.

[Soapbox]

Red Griffyn wrote:

Yes, but you shouldn't use the short bow. Use the gakgung. Its a 1d6/propulsive/d8 deadly/monk bow with 100ft range. The flurry of blows only works for half the first range increment, so you trade a 1D10 for 1D8 deadly and get 20ft extra range on your flurry of blows with the bow.

Oh! That would be better. What resource book is the gakgung in? Also, is it PFS legal?

[Finoan]

Soapbox wrote:

Oh! That would be better. What resource book is the gakgung in? Also, is it PFS legal?

Gakgung. It is in Treasure Vault, and is marked as PFS Standard and common rarity. And has the Monk trait, so it works with Monastic Archer stance.

[Soapbox]

Finoan wrote:

Soapbox wrote:

Oh! That would be better. What resource book is the gakgung in? Also, is it PFS legal?

Gakgung. It is in Treasure Vault, and is marked as PFS Standard and common rarity. And has the Monk trait, so it works with Monastic Archer stance.

Thank you so much for this advice! I had no idea any Monk bows existed yet. I will definitely switch to it. Thanks again.

[Claxon]

Gakgung looks like a straight upgrade to the shortbow.

Still a tradeoff in thought on that vs longbow, but I feel like the volley trait on the longbow basically always convinces me not to use it.

[Anne Archer]

Claxon wrote:

Gakgung looks like a straight upgrade to the shortbow.

Still a tradeoff in thought on that vs longbow, but I feel like the volley trait on the longbow basically always convinces me not to use it.

I agree with you. I mostly play PFS, which means I seldom have to shoot past the shortbow's short range. And often fire as a creature is closing to melee.

[Tridus]

If you're using published adventurers, my experience as a GM is that you wind up in Volley range FAR more often than you wind up outside Shortbow range.

Volley is absolutely punishing.