Bone Crossbow
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Bone Crossbow (minor) by Stone Gargoyle
This is basically the same as the Crossbones minor super ability but with modifications.
Each of the hero's forearms has extra bones which can pop out of the skin, stretching out pieces of sinew between them, as well as shards of bone to use as bolts, creating natural crossbows which fire the bolts by the hero flexing the muscles in the arms. The bones that form the crossbow, as well as the sinew, retract into the arms when not in use.
- Shooting Range: PSX40 feet
- Damage: Single shards do 2d6 (plus PS bonus) damage when used as bolts. A volley of three shards may be shot at once at a single target for 5d6 damage (no PS bonus for a volley).
- Number of Bone Bolts: The hero's body produces his PE attribute number of bolts per minute which automatically load when available.
- Attacks: The hero can fire both arms at once, using a single attack for the crossbows to form and fire the bone shards. Volleys cannot be shot as a simultaneous attack and use 2 attacks to fire.
- Bonuses: +2 to strike with these natural weapons, in addition to any Targeting skills the hero may have (may use WP Archery for the purpose of this). Automatically gets the Paired Weapons skill.
- Other Abilities and Bonuses:
- +2 to dodge and parry projectiles such as arrows and crossbow bolts.
- Bones heal at four times the normal rate.
- Character takes half damage from projectiles