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<blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 8680166" data-attributes="member: 6855114">On the bolded part: I fully agree with you on that one. Maybe allow ST crossbows as the Cranequin and the Windlass crossbows were gauged with different pulls in mind. The windlass is more of what I perceive as a &quot;heavy crossbow&quot; as the winding action allows for really great pulls. As for p.64. This is strickly in the province of DMs adjudication and since missile weapons were already &quot;exceptions&quot; in which all bonuses from hit and damage from magic would stack (+1 bow, +1 arrow = +2 hit/dmg), almost all DMs I knew at that time would not allow these under any circumstances. The dragon magazine only codified it. So in effect, you were stuck with thrown weapons if you wanted to use Strength. A I do agree that it was not a good &quot;optional&quot; to put in practice. The solution we have now is a bit more elegant, but still, it makes dexterity the king stat of all stats.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Helldritch, post: 8680166, member: 6855114"] On the bolded part: [U]I fully agree with you on that one.[/U] Maybe allow ST crossbows as the Cranequin and the Windlass crossbows were gauged with different pulls in mind. The windlass is more of what I perceive as a "heavy crossbow" as the winding action allows for really great pulls. As for p.64. This is strickly in the province of DMs adjudication and since missile weapons were already "exceptions" in which all bonuses from hit and damage from magic would stack (+1 bow, +1 arrow = +2 hit/dmg), almost all DMs I knew at that time would not allow these under any circumstances. The dragon magazine only codified it. So in effect, you were stuck with thrown weapons if you wanted to use Strength. A I do agree that it was not a good "optional" to put in practice. The solution we have now is a bit more elegant, but still, it makes dexterity the king stat of all stats. [/QUOTE]

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