Heavy Crank Crossbow

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This heavy crossbow has a winch mounted below the stock.

Proficiency	Damage	Critical	Type	Range	Special	Cost	Weight
exotic two-handed ranged	1d10	19-20/x2	piercing	120 ft.	—	400 gp	12 lbs.

Benefit: Up to 50 feet of silk rope can be wound onto the winch as a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunity. The wound rope can be attached to a Grappling Bolt as part of a loading action. After firing such a bolt, the wielder can use the winch to retract the rope or pull herself along the rope if the bolt is secure.

If the grappling bolt has latched on to a creature, the winch provides a +2 bonus on grapple combat maneuver checks to pull the target toward you.

If the grappling bolt has latched on to a scalable structure, the winch provides a +2 bonus on Climb checks.

The crossbow may also fire ordinary crossbow bolts.

Note: Loading a heavy crossbow is a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunity.

You draw a heavy crossbow back by turning a small winch. Normally, operating a heavy crossbow requires two hands. However, you can shoot, but not load, a heavy crossbow with one hand at a –4 penalty on attack rolls. You can shoot a heavy crossbow with each hand, but you take a penalty on attack rolls as if attacking with two one-handed weapons. This penalty is cumulative with the penalty for one-handed firing.

Sort Name: Crossbow, Heavy Crank
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System Reference Document. Copyright 2000, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Authors Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, based on material by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.

Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook. Copyright 2009, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Author: Jason Bulmahn, based on material by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, and Skip Williams.