Pristine Heavy Crossbow

Weapon Profile

Category

Martial

Damage

1d10 piercing

Range

Long · 151–1,000 ft

Grade

III · Pristine

Rarity

Rare

Tier

I · Pre-Industrial

Training

Martial Weapons

Cost

2050

Weight

18 lb

Without training in martial weapons, you add no proficiency bonus to attacks with this and roll them at disadvantage. Proficiency

To make: 1,025 gm of materials and 25 days of work, at a workshop with the right tools, by a crafter with Rift Affinity 3, finished with a DC 15 check. To repair: 257 gm and 7 days. Downtime

Properties

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• weaponSomething you attack with. Held in a hand, and covered by a weapon proficiency.
• ammunitionNeeds ammunition to fire, drawn from what you carry.
• heavyUnwieldy for a Small creature, which attacks with it at disadvantage.
• loadingOne shot per action, bonus action or reaction, however many attacks you have.
• two-handedBoth hands are needed to attack with it. You cannot hold anything else.

A windlass-cranked steel prod on a heavy stock, slow to span. You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. Re-tillered against a scale, with the belly relieved where it was doing too much work, and the string replaced with a served endless loop.

Grades

The same object, worked to a better standard. The grade is the rung; the bonus is what the rung is worth at the table.

1. Grade I · Standard
2. Grade II · Refined +1
3. Grade III · Pristine +2
4. Grade IV · Masterwork +3