Bolts used in active warfare would often had conical or pyramidal-shaped heads. Though shaped like arrows, their shafts were much thicker and shorter. Ammunition Ĭrossbows of all sizes fired bolts, otherwise known as quarrels. There also existed the chu-ko-nu, a variety of light repeating crossbows unique to the continent of Kara-Tur. These enchanted +3 light crossbows gave its users the boon of haste that not only affected the crossbow's firing speed, but also the wielders movement speed. Īn enchanted variety of repeating crossbows existed in the Moonsea region. Ī light repeating crossbow cost around 250 gold pieces, whereas a heavy repeating crossbow cost around 400 gold pieces. Two hands were required to operate the repeating crossbow, owing to the need to draw the bow each time a bolt was fired. Repeating crossbows were available in both light and heavy varieties, and held a case of five bolts. Heavy crossbows cost around 50 gold pieces. Heavy Crossbow Ī heavy crossbow, also called an arbalest. A pair of them could be wielded and fired simultaneously, but two hands were required in order to reload each light crossbow, usually by inserting a bolt and pulling a lever. Light Crossbow Ī light crossbow was a simple crossbow that was small enough to be shot with one hand. It was a short range weapon that could be drawn for firing with just one hand.
A hand crossbow was a very small crossbow ideal for concealment.
