PastorGall @PastorGall@TheEdVerse is bowstring in the realms made like to how he used to do it back then? Also, are there special types of bowstring in the realms?
Short answer: Yes, and yes. But here we go…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 25, 2019
1/3) Bowstrings are made of a wide variety of materials across the Realms, many of them the same as historical real-world fibers: linen, hemp and other plant fibers, rawhide and sinew (warning: lose elasticity when wet!), …#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 25, 2019
2/3) …and silk. In the Realms, drow use spidersilk (giant spider types of the Underdark) to string their bows, and elves have special bowstrings made of combinations of wood-dwelling spidersilk, squirrel and even deer rawhide, …#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 25, 2019
3/3) … long elven hair, spun silver (treated with spells and moonstone). The Tuigan and wemics use horsehair in combination with long-grass fibers, and so on, in many regional variations (e.g. jungle plant fibers).#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) January 25, 2019