Quote Originally Posted by Watchman
Well, a torso hit would at most net you cracked ribs or thereabouts. Hardly major.
Still significantly more damage than an arrow fired from a weak bow, possibly only stone-tipped or fire-hardened, than merely glances of a breastplate. Also, as a massed "peasant levy" weapon, multiple hits would eventually tell. Nor are cracked ribs something to be sneezed at - literally.