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No bows or crossbows have been seen Bows and Crossbows are common item finds in use by players thus far during Diablo 3's developmentIII, and are a weapon type the [[Demon Hunter]] specializes in using. There were none They are not class-specific, other than the [[Pistol Crossbow]], and any character can use them, though only the Demon Hunter has special skills to be found or obtained during the playable demos at Blizzcon 2008 or 2009take advantage of bow and xbows.

==Bows have been seen in use by monsters and [[NPC]]s. [[Skeletal archer]]s for instance, and there are some human archers seen escorting [[Cain]] in the WWI 2008 gameplay movie.Xbows Concealed==

At least so it was thought; a bow was sighted[http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=784100] in a screenshot[http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=Archer Character?3661&title=wd-and-mongrel-vsske&cat= It is widely expected that the [[fifth character560]] will be a specialist in bows and perhaps all types of ranged weaponsfrom March 2010, and that but only after the development team is holding such item types out of the game until that character is Demon Hunter was revealed at [[BlizzCon Blizzcon 2010]]. This may prove No special insight was required to be untruenotice the bow; it was just in a dark corner of a screenshot and hard to see. Most likely Blizzard didn't notice it either, thoughelse they would not have released the shot at a time when the fifth character was still far from being revealed.

While no bows were seen in drops or equipped by characters before October 2010 and the Demon Hunter's debut, they were not missing from the game. Various [[NPCs]] have been seen using bows. Several , including wandering NPC warriors were seen using them in the WWI 2008 gameplay movie. These [[archer]]s attempted to accompany [[Deckard Cain]] and the [[Barbarian]] through the dungeon, but were picked off one at a time by various monsters.

[[Leah]] is seen was also shown holding a bow in town in the [[Caravan]] screenshots released in August 2010. It's unknown if she ever accompanies the player into [[combat]], or is just a sort of apprentice [[Rogue]] who only holds the bow for status points while in town.

The Prior to the Demon Hunter, the only bows seen so far have been equipped were by monsters and NPCs. A few examples are included below.