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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tuzenbach" data-source="post: 1310931" data-attributes="member: 16155">Hey OfRiceAndHen, I don't want to burst your bubble or anything, but you only "thought" you thought of it. One page 43 of the 1st Edition Oriental Adventures:Chu-ko-nu"The chu-ko-nu is a repeating light crossbow, capable of firing several bolts before needing reloading. Mounted on the top is a magazine that can hold up to 10 quarrels. The cocking and reloading action is worked by a single lever, pushed forward and then pulled back. This allows a faster rate of fire than nomal. Up to two quarrels can be reloaded in the magazine per round. Thus, five rounds are required to completely reload the chu-ku-no. A character cannot fire and reload in the same round. It is heavier than a normal crossbow and has a poorer range."The stats are as follows:Fire rate=2,  Range:S=5, M=10, L=15 AC adjustments, 0=-4, 1=-3, 2=-3, 3=-2, 4=-1, 5=0, 6=0, 7=+1, 8=+2, 9=+2, 10=+3Oops! It just occurred to me that those AC rules are no longer in use. I'm afraid I don't have the conversions.Cost is 3 "chi'en", or about 15 G.P.There's also a nifty little picture of the thing, but I lack the means of posting it.The book was written primarily by Gygax, so it's either his creation or something that he actually researched from the Asian culture.If it makes you feel any better, in 1975/6 I was playing with a bunch of modeling clay, wind-up robots, and plastic space dudes all at once and decided my pretend sci-fi adventures needed a name. I chose to call my scenarios "Star Wars". My kingdom for a copywrite!</blockquote>

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