User blog comment:Mike Kivail/Recent Questions regarding 42/@comment-25345260-20130227012135

1) A meme.  Not really important, has something to do with Gnome food.

2) I'm against roleplay on the Old School Servers, especially if additional cost is needed from standard membership.  Just use 42, or some other world for it.

3) I'd say yes, if used cosmetically as something else.  Otherwise, its like the Legend's Cape.  Your character needs a really good reason (and prefferably roleplayed out) to have one, considering you have people like Oliver Cleeves who have ridden dragons and banished Elder Demons who don't.

4) They are basically meant to replace the sling, which is a shame, since nobody made skilled use of it in RP.  Seeing as a bow is harder to aim than a crossbow untrained, anyone skilled enough to fire a bow would likely find a stronger, more efficient weapon in a more common material, like the generic tree, oak, or willow.