[Weapon] Main-Hand Crossbow

The One-Handed Crossbow is a weapon skill. It requires 1 hand to operate. It requires no stats nor skills to operate any Tier of 1-handed crossbow. Additionally, the 1-handed crossbow requires bolts as ammunition. Bolts may not be recovered after firing them.

The 1-handed crossbow requires 1 non-contested action to reload before it can be fired. Essentially meaning it can be fired every round if it’s the only weapon being used & no other action is being used.

The guaranteed hit range of the 1-handed crossbow is the character’s skill level in [Weapon] Main-Hand Crossbow in tiles. Attacking 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. (ie: level 5 in this skill would grant a range of up to 5 tiles as a non-contested attack).

Damage with the 1-handed crossbow is the Tier value of the crossbow and will reduce the opponents armor effect by the same amount for that attack (a T1 will reduce armor by 1 & deliver 1 point of damage — a T10 will reduce armor by 10 & deliver 10 points of damage).

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 a separate action to reload. Additionally, this action (attacking outside of guaranteed range) IS a contested action & follows the rules for contested actions for when it can be used.