crossbow attacks

[Dirk Cutlass]

Ok After extensive testing on the counter clerk in the 4A in Two Step Hall..........no I tested on the deadly archery target.

My character record screen says that with heavy crossbow I get +26/+21/+16, but when I fire upon the archery target I only see the +26 and the +21 attacks being dealt out to the archery target.

So it would seem that one only gets two shots with a crossbow and rapid reload.

Quite so, and rather a disappointment too. I wanted Fredderick to use crossbow with rapid reload, and was much disappointed when I saw that Rapid Reload didn't work as the description. If you add the fact that Rapid Shot gives a bow an extra shot a round, then basically a Bow is going to get 3 more attacks per round over a crossbow at high level (5 shots per round vs 2 shots).

Alphones, sell (or better still - give) the crossbow to Fred. He'd still like to use it maybe Particularly if it has bonuses to Undead ((send me description will ya - love to know what it is)).

EDIT: On th plus side though... With Rapid Reload there are no penalties to hit (Rapid Shot is -2 to hit on all shots). And with Rapid Reload the 2nd attack is at your 2nd highest AB. For high AC opponents where your 3rd and 4th attacks are not likely to hit, then actually a crossbow might be OK, especially as the damage is higher (1d8 for light, 1d10 for heavy).

[kombinat]

And considering that pure mages only get 2 attacks per round ever (3 if hasted), then the sacrifice to work with a crossbow is pretty small and such a crossbow would be highly coveted, as Gairus said

[Dirk Cutlass]

And considering that pure mages only get 2 attacks per round ever (3 if hasted), then the sacrifice to work with a crossbow is pretty small and such a crossbow would be highly coveted, as Gairus said

Do pure mages exist any more? These days they all seem to spell-swords. Anyway, their flame-weapon won't work on the crossbow, so I can't see any of them using it. Give it to me instead

[kombinat]

And considering that pure mages only get 2 attacks per round ever (3 if hasted), then the sacrifice to work with a crossbow is pretty small and such a crossbow would be highly coveted, as Gairus said

Do pure mages exist any more? These days they all seem to spell-swords. Anyway, their flame-weapon won't work on the crossbow, so I can't see any of them using it. Give it to me instead

Won't work on the crossbow.... but it will work on the bolts And I know quite a few single class mages..

[Sickocrow]

+3 Crossbow, cleric, Xen archery=high accuracy

[Alphonse]

or consider a +4 light crossbow with regen

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