Compositebow

The bow family includes shortbows, longbows, crossbows, and all manner of hand-
held, spring-action missle launching weapons. With the bow skill, one can use
such weapons. With the archery skill, one can double the strength of the pull.
The shorthand for doubling the pull’s strength is putting a ‘2’ at the end of
the command (as in the syntax above). If you do not have archery, you gain no
advantage from adding the ‘2’.

See also: help skill bow
help skill archery