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Skarg · 04-18-2019, 11:58 AM

Michele's answer is correct.

However I would add:

* Wights are immune to non-magical attacks, so there's no real problem unless they have magic.

* You asked for a RAW answer, and "Branded" crossbow bolts are not RAW, so that won't pass as magical weapons.

* If the warriors engaging the Wight don't have magic weapons, the Wight can invoke "you don't engage me because you can't hurt me" and run past them to kill the crossbowmen.

* It Wight has high IQ, and should use that to act intelligently, not just in combat, but before (and during the approach to) combat, avoiding wide-open encounters with any ranged weapons that can hurt it.

* If a human (or Wight faced with magic projectiles) faces inferior melee fighters backed up by crossbows, they should try to choose terrain and hexes within that terrain that deny line of fire to the crossbows, arranging for the terrain (trees, pillars, walls, tall rocks, darkness, etc) to prevent them just being shot.

04-18-2019, 11:58 AM	#8
Skarg Join Date: May 2015	Re: Slaughtering Fencers with crossbows Michele's answer is correct. However I would add: * Wights are immune to non-magical attacks, so there's no real problem unless they have magic. * You asked for a RAW answer, and "Branded" crossbow bolts are not RAW, so that won't pass as magical weapons. * If the warriors engaging the Wight don't have magic weapons, the Wight can invoke "you don't engage me because you can't hurt me" and run past them to kill the crossbowmen. * It Wight has high IQ, and should use that to act intelligently, not just in combat, but before (and during the approach to) combat, avoiding wide-open encounters with any ranged weapons that can hurt it. * If a human (or Wight faced with magic projectiles) faces inferior melee fighters backed up by crossbows, they should try to choose terrain and hexes within that terrain that deny line of fire to the crossbows, arranging for the terrain (trees, pillars, walls, tall rocks, darkness, etc) to prevent them just being shot.