Crossbow of Multiplication (Magic Crossbow)

The crossbow may be either light or heavy, using the range of fire of the proper class. However, the weapon creates its own bolts. These are treated as +0 magical bolts, but can hit any target capable of being damaged at all by physical weapons (even those, for example, which can only be hurt by +3 or blunt weapons). Bolts disappear after hitting or missing. On each shot, roll a d20 for the number of bolts fired, subtracting 5. Results of 5 or less are treated as 0 (that is, there is a 25% chance the crossbow fires nothing at all. Otherwise, it fires 1 to 15 bolts). The bolts spread out in an even cone, in a forward direction; from a single bolt straight ahead to 15 in a 90-degree cone. Therefore, unless the target is very wide or very close, no more than 1 or 2 bolts will strike a single target.
Category:Encyclopedia Magica Magic Items
Category:Magic Items
Category:Magic Crossbows
Category:Magic Weapons