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<blockquote data-quote="ElectricDragon" data-source="post: 3091620" data-attributes="member: 10778">By my estimation, such a weapon would cost 51,500 gp (+16 or 32 gp depending, see below) [3000 gp for adamantine weapon x16 for colossal size, -300x15 for extra masterwork costs, +8000 for enchanting to +2, +16 or 32 depending on light or heavy repeating crossbow] plus 3549 XP [1500 for permanency, 2049 for weapon and enhancement].None of this includes the cost of having Shrink Item and Permanency cast on the weapon, which would be another 700 gp plus 7500 gp for XP expenditures (i.e. not usually available).If from a light repeating crossbow, such a weapon would deal 4d6 damage (short spear or d6 raised to colossal size, +4 size categories).If from a heavy repeating crossbow, such a weapon would deal 6d6 damage (spear or d8 raised to colossal size, +4 size categories).At such a cost, I would have no problem letting the bolt be retrievable unharmed. Killing the target would become necessary for retrieval unless the bolt missed; and the damage doesn't look all that dangerous to a dragon (given the amount the character spent, old dragons would most likely be the youngest targets). The problem I see is the weapon's use against ogres and other less hp handy folks. As DM, though, make re-shrinking it cost several thousand gp each time to restrict its usage to appropriate monsters.CiaoDave</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ElectricDragon, post: 3091620, member: 10778"] By my estimation, such a weapon would cost 51,500 gp (+16 or 32 gp depending, see below) [3000 gp for adamantine weapon x16 for colossal size, -300x15 for extra masterwork costs, +8000 for enchanting to +2, +16 or 32 depending on light or heavy repeating crossbow] plus 3549 XP [1500 for permanency, 2049 for weapon and enhancement]. None of this includes the cost of having Shrink Item and Permanency cast on the weapon, which would be another 700 gp plus 7500 gp for XP expenditures (i.e. not usually available). If from a light repeating crossbow, such a weapon would deal 4d6 damage (short spear or d6 raised to colossal size, +4 size categories). If from a heavy repeating crossbow, such a weapon would deal 6d6 damage (spear or d8 raised to colossal size, +4 size categories). At such a cost, I would have no problem letting the bolt be retrievable unharmed. Killing the target would become necessary for retrieval unless the bolt missed; and the damage doesn't look all that dangerous to a dragon (given the amount the character spent, old dragons would most likely be the youngest targets). The problem I see is the weapon's use against ogres and other less hp handy folks. As DM, though, make re-shrinking it cost several thousand gp each time to restrict its usage to appropriate monsters. Ciao Dave [/QUOTE]

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