Sunday, December 30, 2018
Quick question for the rules experts, is a heavy crossbow fired once every 3 rounds or 4?
Quick question for the rules experts, is a heavy crossbow fired once every 3 rounds or 4? The reason I ask is it says light crossbows are like heavy weapons and fire basically once every 2 rounds but that heavy crossbows take twice as long to load and fire. Any thoughts?
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That is a bit ambiguous, isn't it? I have always ruled that it takes twice as long to load, i.e. a light crossbow takes one full round to load and a heavy crossbow takes two rounds. Then it fires in the next round, so once every 2 rounds for a LCB and once ever 3 rounds for an HCB.
ReplyDeleteThe other reading is equally valid, though.
Thanks Michael Thomas I will probably go with that and I did poke around at chainmail and od&d for further insight but didn't find any "smoking guns" (crossbows in this case hah)
ReplyDeleteAlways treat a smoking crossbow with due caution and respect!
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ReplyDeletezenopusarchives.blogspot.com - Part 16: "An Exchange of Two Blows With Ordinary Weapons"
Every one should just give the dagger 1 D4 for damage and all is well, right?
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