Home >Equipment >Weapons >Weapon Descriptions > Cost 50 gp Weight 8 lbs.
Damage 1d8 (small), 1d10 (medium) Critical 19-20/x2 Type piercing
Range Increment 120 ft. (projectile)
Category ranged Proficiency simple
Weapon Group crossbows
Load: Loading a heavy crossbow is a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunity.
Pathfinder Repeating Crossbow M48 Cobra 80-lb Crossbow. Next automatic crossbow model we are going to review is the 80lb cobra self-cocking crossbow by the band M48. This one is great if you are already into crossbows and want something for professional hunting. This large crossbow is harder to load and more substantial than a regular crossbow, but it packs a greater punch.
You draw a heavy crossbow back by turning a small winch. Normally, operating a heavy crossbow requires two hands. However, you can shoot, but not load, a heavy crossbow with one hand at a –4 penalty on attack rolls. You can shoot a heavy crossbow with each hand, but you take a penalty on attack rolls as if attacking with two one-handed weapons. This penalty is cumulative with the penalty for one-handed firing.
Pathfinder Crossbow Feats
- Does strength affect the damage when using crossbows? Or your hit chance depends on your Dexterity, and damage is calculated on the weapon used. Is there any Dex requirements for bow or crossbow, or strength requirements? Why am I seeing some ranged build that use something else than composite bow to have strength of over 15?
- You can load crossbows with blinding speed and even fire them in melee with little fear of reprisal. Prerequisites: Dex 15, Point-Blank Shot, Rapid Reload, Rapid Shot. Benefit: The time required for you to reload any type of crossbow is reduced to a free action, regardless of the type of crossbow used.You can fire a crossbow as many times in a full attack action as you could attack if you.
Pathfinder Crossbow
This ranged weapon has a bow-like assembly mounted on a handled frame called a tiller. The tiller has a mechanism to lock the bowstring in place, attached to a trigger mechanism that releases the tension and launches a bolt.
Pathfinder Crossbow Bolts
Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook. Copyright 2009, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Author: Jason Bulmahn, based on material by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, and Skip Williams.