My Mod WORKS! Sort of. I made a bow. I put it in a separate mod folder located at /Starbound/cyphers_mod/ (attached as cyphers_mod.zip) I can craft and wield the bow, but the game crashes when I let go. The log (attached as starbound.txt) seems to indicate that it cannot find the sound file for the arrow. As far as I can tell, I provided a correct path. If someone could take a look, I'd appreciate it!
**RESOLUTION** In shortbowc.gun, the file path "cyphers_mod/sfx/..." should have been "/sfx/...". The mod now works.