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HeatDeath · 03-09-2019, 06:40 PM

Interesting. That certainly seems to justify the comment in the "Flinger and Blob" article in the Companion book that boomerangs obsolete light crossbows.

Boomerangs do one point less damage each, but you can carry two of them for the weight of a light crossbow and you can fire them on back to back turns, which is enormously useful during the initial closing phase of a fight.

Am I playing the crossbows correctly? And an interesting followup question: given that it takes two turns of "Ready Weapon" option to ready a heavy crossbow, do those turns have to be back-to-back? I can't find anything asserting that, so I infer the answer would be no. [Presumably the first ready is re-cocking the thing, and the second turn is loading the heavy bolt, or somesuch.]

Does this seem right to everyone else?

03-09-2019, 06:40 PM	#3
HeatDeath Join Date: May 2012	Re: Crossbows and Ready Weapon option? Interesting. That certainly seems to justify the comment in the "Flinger and Blob" article in the Companion book that boomerangs obsolete light crossbows. Boomerangs do one point less damage each, but you can carry two of them for the weight of a light crossbow and you can fire them on back to back turns, which is enormously useful during the initial closing phase of a fight. Am I playing the crossbows correctly? And an interesting followup question: given that it takes two turns of "Ready Weapon" option to ready a heavy crossbow, do those turns have to be back-to-back? I can't find anything asserting that, so I infer the answer would be no. [Presumably the first ready is re-cocking the thing, and the second turn is loading the heavy bolt, or somesuch.] Does this seem right to everyone else?