The Crossbow of Carl

)   The Crossbow of Carl   (No tile)
Base item	crossbow
Damage vs. small	1d2 +1d6
Damage vs. large	1d2 +1d6
To-hit bonus	+1d5
Bonus versus	(any)
Weapon skill	crossbow
Size	one-handed
Affiliation	chaotic Ranger intelligent
When carried	telepathy
When wielded	reflection
When invoked	creates crossbow bolts
Base price	4000 zm
Weight	30
Material	wood

The Crossbow of Carl is the Gnomish and Hobbit Ranger quest artifact in EvilHack and Hack'EM. It is the prize given for completing the Ranger quest in place of The Longbow of Diana, and its default alignment is chaotic. Its base item type is a crossbow.

Generation

For gnomish and hobbit Rangers, The Crossbow of Carl is always generated on the goal level of the Ranger quest, where it is placed on the same square as Scorpius along with the Bell of Opening.

A Ranger of any other race cannot wish for The Crossbow of Carl. If the artifact is wished for by a non-Ranger hero, there is a ¹⁄_x chance (where x is the amount of previous artifact wishes) of it being created successfully—if successful, Orion will generate as the hostile owner of the artifact, placed adjacent to the hero with the artifact in his possession.

Description

The Crossbow of Carl has almost the exact same traits as the Longbow of Diana: while carried, it grants telepathy; while wielded, it confers reflection and grants a +d5 to-hit bonus and +d6 damage bonus to crossbow bolts fired from it; and invoking the Crossbow creates bolts with the same beatitude as the bow, with a small chance of producing poisoned bolts. As with the Longbow, beatitude also influences the amount of bolts created with each invoke, with a blessed Crossbow creating more bolts and a cursed Crossbow creating fewer. Additionally, the Crossbow of Carl in a gnomish/hobbit Ranger's possession is magically lightened to 24 aum, the same weight as the Longbow.

Strategy

See also: Invoke § Optimum invocation schedule

This page is a stub. Should you wish to do so, you can contribute by expanding this page.