Making Crossbow's Useful

[Velenne]

Ya that was it. It's in a similar vein.

 

[Relic]

Originally posted by Jeremy

I really am in a revolver kinda mood and am looking for some kind of existing enchantment/weapon modification that I can twist around the description of until it is a six-shooter hand crossbow

Use a wand. Just have it shaped different so that it looks different. I had a mage in one of my games that crafted a wand of grease that looked like a miniature head was vomitting. Disgusting, yes... but visually imaginative and creative.

 

[Dingleberry]

A heavy crossbow is something like 45lbs and the max. that an unseen servant can lift is way less than that. Has your servant been spending alot of time in the gym?

The PHB conveniently lists the weight of weapons: a heavy crossbow is 9 lbs, which is well within the unseen servant's 20 lb. limit, even if it's also carrying a bolt case (1 lb.).

 

[Zhure]

Which kind of wand?

I like the idea but there aren't too many spells that would work out well to represent a gunfighter (Magic Missile has no hit roll).

The one I'm working on right now is a Shugenja with Reach Spell and he'll be applying it to Flame Blade. Each charge will last minutes per level and act as a ranged touch attack. Only drawback is it's expensive and only goes to 30'.

What spells would work better? And I'd recommend using a caster who can make his own wand, so as not to have trouble getting backup weapons. That means you need caster level 4 (or ranger/paladin 8).

Greg

 

[dkilgo]

If anyone come up with any more ideas of how to deal with this situation then please let me know.