[Weapon] Two-Handed Crossbow

The Two-Handed Crossbow is a weapon skill. It requires both hand to operate. It requires no stats nor skills to operate any Tier value 2-handed crossbow. Additionally, the 2-handed crossbow requires bolts as ammunition which are larger than the 1-handed variant. Crossbow bolts may not be recovered after firing them.

2-Handed Crossbows require 2 non-contested actions to reload before it can be fired. The 2 actions do not need to be consecutive. At best it can be fired every other round. The 2-handed crossbow will ignore armor on the opponent equal to the Tier value of the crossbow fired multiplied by 2.

The guaranteed hit range of the 2-handed crossbow is the character’s skill level in [Weapon] Two-Handed Crossbow in tiles (ie: level 5 in this skill would a range of up to 5 tiles).

Hitting with any crossbow within the character’s skill level in tiles is a guaranteed hit. It requires no roll. Thus, it is NOT a contested action & follows the rules for non-contested actions for when it can be used.

Damage with the 2-handed crossbow is Tier value of the crossbow (a T1 will deliver 1 point of damage — a T10 will deliver 10 points of damage). Additionally, it will reduce the armor of the opponent by the twice that amount for that attack (a T1 will reduce their armor by 2 — a T10 will reduce their armor by 20!).

Firing outside the guaranteed hit range with this weapon uses the same rules as the bow (see [Weapon] Bow). However the crossbow gains no additional damage for the roll difference & still requires 2 actions to reload. Additionally, declaring this action IS a contested action & follows the rules for contested actions for when it can be used.