![]() ![]() ↑ Gary Gygax, David Cook, and François Marcela-Froideval (1985).Appendix Appearances Novels The Fanged Crown Video Games Baldur's Gate series Ten bolts usually cost around 1 gold piece, while a case of five bolts for a repeating crossbow of any size typically cost the same amount. Bolts used in active warfare would often had conical or pyramidal-shaped heads. Though shaped like arrows, their shafts were much thicker and shorter. Ammunition Ĭrossbows of all sizes fired bolts, otherwise known as quarrels. There also existed the chu-ko-nu, a variety of light repeating crossbows unique to the continent of Kara-Tur. These enchanted +3 light crossbows gave its users the boon of haste that not only affected the crossbow's firing speed, but also the wielders movement speed. Īn enchanted variety of repeating crossbows existed in the Moonsea region. Ī light repeating crossbow cost around 250 gold pieces, whereas a heavy repeating crossbow cost around 400 gold pieces. ![]() Two hands are required to operate the repeating crossbow, due to the need to draw the bow each time a bolt is fired. These bolts can be fired in quick succession, interspersed with the drawing action, to avoid having to continually reload bolts. Repeating crossbows are available in both light and heavy varieties, and hold a case of five bolts. Heavy crossbows cost around 50 gold pieces. Although it could be fired with one hand, accuracy was impaired even further than with a light crossbow due to the increased weight. Heavy Crossbow Ī heavy crossbow, also called an arbalest, was a larger version of the light crossbow. Light crossbows cost around 35 gold pieces. A pair of them could be wielded and fired simultaneously, but two hands were required in order to reload each light crossbow, usually by inserting a bolt and pulling a lever. It was small enough to be fire from one hand―albeit less accurately. ![]() Light Crossbow Ī light crossbow was was simple crossbow with a bow made of a single piece of wood, usually ash or yew. It was a short range weapon that could be drawn for firing with just one hand. A hand crossbow was a very small crossbow ideal for concealment. ![]()
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