Piercing
non-magical ranged weapon
A heavy crossbow takes one combat round to load after being fired. Therefore, a player using any type of heavy crossbow (mundane, magical, Drow, etc.) will only be able to attack every other round. Even if a player has multiple heavy crossbow tokens, the cumbersome nature of this weapon–changing from heavy crossbow to heavy crossbow–will still incur a combat round penalty. Thus, carrying multiple heavy crossbows will have no net benefit (besides being realistically unfeasible).
Grants 2 points of Retribution Damage.
Retribution Damage: When a melee attack deals damage to a target possessing Retribution Damage (RD), the attacker takes damage equal to the target’s total RD. Ranged attacks, whether physical or magical, do not trigger RD. If an attack would have caused damage but is completely negated (e.g., Cloak of Shadowskin) or the attack’s damage is reduced to zero (e.g., melee damage reduction),
The damage wheel includes 2 points of Poison damage which will be deducted if the victim of the attack is immune to Poison damage.
After sliding this weapon token, the player immediately (before another player performs an attack slide) slides another unused* puck. With a bit of sliding skill, this secondary puck can be used to bump another combat slider into a higher AC zone. The secondary puck does not count as either a hit or miss and does not deal any damage.
In Virtual True Dungeon, instead of sliding a second puck, the wizard player attacking with this weapon may give one other player (not themself) who has not yet attacked that round a +5 To Hit bonus on their next attack roll.
This double-bladed weapon returns to the attacker after being thrown. This means the character could throw it again on the next round. (Normally, thrown weapons cannot be retrieved until combat is over.) This weapon may also be used to make melee attacks.
Note: The character gains neither two attacks nor deals double damage (unless the player makes a critical hit) from the double-bladed nature of the weapon.