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<blockquote data-quote="TBeholder" data-source="post: 7519905" data-attributes="member: 41606">Can't find anything already done on this.Except that PO:C&amp;T mis-labeled stonebow (pellet crossbow) as this. They gave it stats as equivalent of a light crossbow (only a little bit lighter) that shoots equivalent of sling stones (with sling range, etc).So just do the same and use fallback of treating it as a bow that shoots sling stones (what it gains in velocity, it loses on mass).It's not like you have to make it somehow awesome to reflect its properties. The only advantage of pellet bow over common bows is using dirt-cheap and compact ammunition, yet still sufficient to kill small birds, and over sling, no need to do any abrupt moves before the attack (which obviously helps in ambush hunting).Same for enchanted version, use for pellets properties from sling stones and for launcher properties from short bow.Or add netherpelter ammunition (from Netheril: Empire of Magic) for extra giggles. With 10D fireball, suddenly-ton-of-water thing, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TBeholder, post: 7519905, member: 41606"] Can't find anything already done on this. Except that PO:C&T mis-labeled stonebow (pellet crossbow) as this. They gave it stats as equivalent of a light crossbow (only a little bit lighter) that shoots equivalent of sling stones (with sling range, etc). So just do the same and use fallback of treating it as a bow that shoots sling stones (what it gains in velocity, it loses on mass). It's not like you have to make it somehow awesome to reflect its properties. The only advantage of pellet bow over common bows is using dirt-cheap and compact ammunition, yet still sufficient to kill small birds, and over sling, no need to do any abrupt moves before the attack (which obviously helps in ambush hunting). Same for enchanted version, use for pellets properties from sling stones and for launcher properties from short bow. Or add [i]netherpelter[/i] ammunition (from Netheril: Empire of Magic) for extra giggles. With 10D fireball, suddenly-ton-of-water thing, etc. [/QUOTE]

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