Crossbow
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|---|---|
| Name | crossbow |
| Appearance | crossbow |
| Damage vs. small | 1d2 |
| Damage vs. large | 1d2 |
| To-hit bonus | +0 |
| Weapon skill | crossbow |
| Size | one-handed |
| Base price | 40 zm (+10/positive enchant) |
| Weight | 50 |
| Material | wood |
A crossbow is a launcher for crossbow bolts. You should not bash monsters with it, or throw it—instead, wield it in your hands, then throw bolts (or fire them from your quiver).
Unlike bows, there is only one kind of crossbow. A Gnomish Ranger will begin the game equipped with one, and will receive +1 multishot racial bonus when firing bolts out of it.
Crossbow skill
| Crossbow | |
|---|---|
| Max | Role |
| Basic | |
| Skilled | |
| Expert | |
The crossbow is the only launcher to use crossbow skill, and crossbow bolts are the only ammo to use it. There are no artifact crossbows in nethack.
SLASH'EM
SLASH'EM adds an artifact crossbow, Hellfire. It is a chaotic crossbow which causes explosions with its bolts.
Encyclopaedia entry
"God save thee, ancient Mariner!
From the fiends, that plague thee thus! -
Why look'st thou so?" - With my cross-bow
I shot the Albatross.
Coleridge ]
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