Archery at a distance

[Eyeball]

EDIT:
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Studying the archery help file, I was confused to read about not being able to hit anything at a distance.

After a while, I figured it out: you can use the keyword "distance" in place of a target to fire a warning shot, in which case it won't hit anything. If you specify a target, you have a chance to hit.
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Putting distance in quotes would help to clarify the help file. (Or changing the keyword to "warning").

Thanks to those who answered already.

[Bushranger]

When you type "Look West" you see what is [Very Far], [Far] and [Near]

With Archery instead of trying to "Shoot Eyeball West' and trying to hit you I could "Shoot Far West" and send a warning arrow into your area. What that bold line in your quote means is that I would never actually hit you if I "Shoot Far West"

[Morrolan]

As far as I can tell, it is saying that when you're "very far" away, you will not be able to actually hit a target.

If you have any questions, a quick test IG might solve the question (assuming that you have the right kinda class).

[slvrmoontiger]

I've never had to put in a distance before. I've tried it with and without and it doesn't change. I suppose if there were identical types of animals both far and very far you'd want to put in the distance.

[Bushranger]

If you are shooting a thing (i.e. animal/person) you do not need to put a distance in.

If you want to send an arrow somewhere and purposefully not hit anything you can put a distance in and you will shoot an arrow into that area. For warning arrows or signal arrows.

Edit: As the help file says (which Eyeball edited out) if you use a distance instead of a target you can not hit anything.
This is not a new feature.

[Eyeball]

Edit: As the help file says (which Eyeball edited out) if you use a distance instead of a target you can not hit anything.
This is not a new feature.

Hey, it's new to me! But then, I still remember the sneering half-giant, the time when elementalists roamed freely, and the day they changed the code so that monsters would charge you from the next room (lots of dead PCs that day). So I'm basically farting dust now on a player age scale.