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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steverooo" data-source="post: 1348201" data-attributes="member: 9410">Zero.  This just requires a To-Hit roll of AC+5, to hit such a small area.Zero.  Not only are the Chakrams magical, they are also adamantine.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />Zero.  To-Hit -4, as you are using the "flat of the blade", and not the edge, to hit them with...  Just like ftanging someone over the top of the head with the flat of your machete, instead of slicing them up with the sharp edge.Hey, they were originally two chakrams, of Good & Evil, before Xena put them together to stop Ares from claiming them and using them for Theo-Genicide...  They ought to have a few special properties, as Artifacts or Relics!On the crossbows, however, there's also the Crossbow of Kings.  +3 Crossbow of Speed, Distance, and... something else (I fergitz)!  That would be good for a crossbow specialist, especially if you added a Homebrew "Speedy Reloading" enchantment...[EDIT: Repeating was the other enchantment...  Does that still exist, in 3.5e?  It automatically reloads, for you!...]Also, since most heavy crossbows were stirrup-cocked, you could rule that anyone with Martial Weapons Proficiency and STR X+ could recock the crossbow BY HAND, thus not needing to lower it to the ground and stick their foot in it, thus allowing the normal rate of fire, so long as they have a high enough STR....  This is basically the same as a bow, except that Non-Fighters will be less likely to be able to use it (lacking both STR & Martial Weapons Proficiency).</blockquote>

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