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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alcamtar" data-source="post: 628572" data-attributes="member: 3842">Re: Re: What NON-OBVIOUS stuff would you like to see in Revised?A strength crossbow already exists: it's called a heavy crossbow. If you want an even heavier crossbow, increase damage and loading time. Historically, crossbows took about 15-30 seconds to load, except for very light sport crossbows, so this is realistic.A strength sling doesn't really make sense. The sling gets it's power from momentum and velocity, not strength. Being stronger won't let you swing it faster, I shouldn't think. I guess I could see lobbing larger stones with it...Part of the point of crossbows is that they can be held loaded; a bow cannot. Also as I said, realistically crossbows are very slow to load, but once they're loaded they can be held ready to fire for a long time. A bow can be loaded quickly, but cannot be held ready (at least a longbow cannot, and a strength bow of any type certainly couldn't).Crossbows are also more complex to load and fire. You have to pull the skein back and lock it, insert a missile, and then activate the firing mechanism -- it's not all one motion pull and release like a bow. Even if you could pull the skein back and load it in a single motion with one hand, you'd still have to lock it, raise it to firing position and aim, and fire... how many times can you do that in six seconds?D&D is already very generous with firing rates for both bows and crossbows. Two shots in a six-second round is about max for a realistic longbow, a shot every other round is reasonable for a light hand-cocked crossbow, and a shot every 3-5 rounds is about right for a heavy crossbow.</blockquote>

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