I like to think of it like this: You can be a deadshot with a bow/arrow, but once targets start moving around (As living things do) in even slightly unpredictable ways (As living things tend to do as they go about doing that living thing I mentioned) accuracy tends to decrease. Yeah, getting an arrow in the abdomen hurts, and is likely to kill you. But there's a surprising amount of room in there to take nonlethal shots, and unless you have laser-pinpoint-accuracy 100% of the time, you're going to hit those a lot (Eagle Eye, lolz). On the other hand a well trained Monk who can land lots of blows in a short time specializes on hitting vitals. The closeness increases the likelihood of hitting, say, the kidneys or the liver, or the spleen, or whatever. Yes, the punches aren't doing as much damage per shot, but repeated abuse to vital targets will cause a similar effect over time as the bow. In either case, one lucky shot can outright kill someone (Crits).

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Also that. :P