: Couple of conflicting issues here. Yes, Soulless and
: Archers have the same maximum range. However, Soulless
: spears move slower than Archer arrows so that, if
: they're firing uphill or on level ground, they can't
: travel as far.
: So Soulless are willing to attack from as far away as
: Archers--but unless they have a major height
: advantage, they can't actually do it because their
: spears don't travel far enough. A lot of the time they
: *do* have the necessary height advantage, though,
: because they can float up to hilltops and such.
: As for why: they're floating undead monster thingies. Who
: knows how strong they're supposed to be?
: --SiliconDream
In GURPS they have Strength 13, the same as an Archer (although an average human only has strength 10- Legionairres are far from average). The fact that they hover, and so are almost always throwing slightly downwards, probably also helps their range.
