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	Realms of Mystara - Repeating Crossbow House Rule
		Crossbow, Repeating: The repeating crossbow (whether heavy or light) holds 10 crossbow bolts.
		You may not fire a repeating crossbow with one hand or fire a repeating crossbow in each hand in the same manner as you would a normal crossbow of the same size.
		The repeating crossbow may be fired by characters that can use non-repeating crossbows without spending a feat for an Exotic Weapon proficiency.
	mystara.home.comcast.net /library/repeatingcrossbow.htm (412 words)

	Crossbow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A crossbow consists of a prod (similar in appearance to a bow) mounted on a stock similar to a Rifle stock, which has a mechanism to wind and shoot its bolts.
		Crossbow bolts must be made to have consistent weights as the mechanical process of engaging a bolt forces a more uniform process than that of using a bow and arrow.
		One of the most distinctive Chinese inventions on crossbows was the Repeating crossbow (Chu-ko-nu), invented in 2nd century AD but was used as late as China-Japan war of 1894-1895 by Manchurian troops.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/cr/Crossbow.htm (1381 words)

	Weapons -- Normal Crossbows
		Amazons have a Crossbow skill tree, but other characters can be effective with them as well, especially Druids and Necromancers, who can take cover behind their minions and shoot from a distance.
		The Unique bows and crossbows are very nice, and we only know of the weaker ones at this point, from the beta.
		Crossbows are improved in the Expansion, especially the Exceptional and Elite versions.
	www.diabloii.net /items/weapons/crossbows.shtml (980 words)

	Repeating crossbow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A repeating crossbow or Chu-ko-nu (Chinese: 連弩) is a Chinese crossbow where the separate actions of stringing the bow, placing the bolt and firing it can be accomplished with a simple one-handed movement, all the while keeping the crossbow stationary.
		The Chinese repeating crossbow saw its last serious action in the China-Japan war of 1894-1895, where photographs show repeating crossbows as common weapons among Manchurian troops.
		Unlike the Chinese Zhuge Nu, the Greek repeating crossbow was a large weapon, shooting bolts that were a metre long.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Repeating_crossbow (649 words)

	RubberTreePlant - The Crossbow
		Though the antiquity of the repeating crossbow is so great that the date of its introduction is beyond conjecture, it is to this day carried by Chinese soldiers in the more remote districts of their empire.
		In the recent war between China and Japan, 1894-95, the repeating crossbow was frequently seen among troops who came from the Interior of the first-named country.
		When bows, and crossbows which shot one bolt at a time, were the usual missive weapons of the Chinese, it is probable that the repeating crossbow was very effective for stopping the rush of an enemy in the open, or for defending fortified positions.
	www.rubbertreeplant.co.uk /catapult/chinxbow.php (1249 words)

	Weapons :: d20srd.org
		Light crossbows, slings, heavy crossbows, shortbows, composite shortbows, longbows, composite longbows, hand crossbows, and repeating crossbows are projectile weapons.
		A crossbow bolt used as a melee weapon is treated as a light improvised weapon (-4 penalty on attack rolls) and deals damage as a dagger of its size (crit ×2).
		You can fire a repeating crossbow with one hand or fire a repeating crossbow in each hand in the same manner as you would a normal crossbow of the same size.
	www.d20srd.org /srd/equipment/weapons.htm (5370 words)

	Chinese Repeating Crossbow
		This crossbow was one of the earliest repeating weapons.
		The design of crossbow really needs a steam-bent bow with a little more curve to it, to reduce tension (and thus friction) when the bow is uncocked and the magazine is sliding forwards.
		Surveys the history of the crossbow with comparisons to the longbow, shortbow and handgun; the construction and management of medieval and modern crossbows; and the ancient and medieval siege engines.
	www.codesmiths.com /shed/things/knives/chinese_repeating_crossbow (412 words)

	Crossbow Media Inc. >
		Crossbow Web is designed to empower non-technical people to create, post and maintain the information, usually called “content” in web parlance, that they want to share with others via the most widely understood and ubiquitous medium in use today – the web browser.
		Crossbow takes care of all the technical details involved so that busy teachers have only to think about the information they want to convey, while leaving the technical details of managing a website to the Crossbow system.
		Crossbow customers have told us that using Crossbow has reduced the time and expense associated with maintaining their website by as much as 95%.
	www.crossbowmedia.com /CaseStudies/RPNS/RPNS_Case.aspx (1448 words)

	Crossbow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A compound crossbow is a modern crossbow similar to the compound bow that has pulleys or cams at the end of each limb through which the bow string passes.
		A repeating crossbow is one where the separate actions of stringing the bow, placing the bolt and firing it can be accomplished with a simple one-handed movement, all the while keeping the crossbow stationary.
		Crossbows can be bought and owned by adults over 18 years of age in some states such as Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia, while in most of the eastern states crossbows can only be owned with a special licence, for instance for members of an official sporting club.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crossbow (2806 words)

	Crossbow FAQ
		Crossbow with an bolt rest in front instead of a full-length groove; forked nocks usually necessary to maintain contact between bolt and string.
		When the lever at the rear of the crossbow was first raised and then lowered, the box moved forward, caught the string in a wooden recess and drew it to full cock, dropped a bolt into the track and released the string.
		Crossbows were more useful for hunting and siegecraft than in open battle, where their slow rate of fire was a serious handicap.
	knackered.org /angus/archery/faq/crossbow.html (5772 words)

	Weapons a necessary evil
		As with a normal rifled crossbow, bolts that are not specially made to be shot out of it suffer a —1 attack penalty, otherwise a character gains a +1 attack bonus when using rifled bolts.
		A rogue using this crossbow may make sneak attacks on a target as far away as 120 feet only if he or she is proficient with the weapon.
		This crossbow can be shot until all of the bolts in the clip are gone; at which, it can be reloaded with another clip as a full-round that provokes attacks of opportunity (the character is still limited to the number of attacks he or she can make in a round).
	www.angelfire.com /d20/mind_vise/weapons.html (400 words)

	CHU-KO-NU - THE MANCHURIAN REPEATING CROSSBOW
		While certainly not as accurate as single-shot crossbows, which are deliberately aimed from the shoulder, its ability to discharge missiles at rates of up to about two per second, against an extended target, could create pandemonium and a high casualty rate in the ranks of the enemy.
		The most characteristic Chinese weapon with which I am acquainted is a repeating crossbow which, by simply working a lever backward and forward, drops the arrows in succession in front of the string, draws the bow, shoots the missile, and supplies its place with another.
		The bowstring of my crossbow is composed of three (possibly four) strands of very hard, dark-tan colored material, in a clockwise twist, with a diameter of approximately 6mm.
	www.arco-iris.com /George/chu-ko-nu.htm (4469 words)

	bow and arrow. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The crossbow, although known in Roman times, was not widely used in Europe until the Middle Ages.
		It was, however, slower to fire than the longbow and almost as difficult to wield; even the arbalest, a later crossbow, was clumsy and slow.
		The Chinese later developed the repeating crossbow, an ingenious weapon that proved ineffective against repeating rifles in the First Sino-Japanese War.
	www.bartleby.com /65/bo/bowNarro.html (519 words)

	Specialist Games Forum - overly literal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Because a repeating crossbow, such things actually existed, were not merely double barreled crossbows.
		the only 'asian repeating crossbow' i've seen is a pistol-sized one, with little range as the action had to be short and smooth enough to get alot of ammo out quickly.
		But in the rules forum you simply repeated at length that it didn't make sense and were rather rude to those that suggested it did if you looked at it with a closer eye.
	www.specialist-games.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4587 (4550 words)

	Chinese and European Cross bows - History Forum
		The chinese also develop a tatics(not sure what it is called) of having another man reload the crossbow and pass it to the man in fornt, keeping a high rate of fire.
		Some repeating crossbow was found in Chu(a warring state kingdom) tombs.
		Though weak, the repeating crossbow have a huge mental effect on the enemy.
	www.simaqianstudio.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=1493 (761 words)

	Crossbows
		This is by far the most common style of crossbow in Velitrium and is used for hunting and defense by most common folk.
		A Crossbow with a Strength of 8 or better is always made with a steel bow.
		This is a 'Heavy' crossbow, also called a 'Siege Bow.' It is most commonly used in defense of fixed posistions are in prosecuting a siege.
	velitrium.missiledine.com /id54.htm (280 words)

	Repeating crossbow in Chinese and Korean armies - China History Forum, chinese history forum
		The one I was referring to was carried by hand and it has a lever which, when pulled, would load another arrow from a bow fitted at the top of the bow.
		The Zhugenu (Pinyin) or Chukonu (Wade-Giles) is a handheld crossbow which was armed and fired with a vertical lever.
		I'm not sure what kind of repeating crossbow you are talking about from the lever you mentioned, it does sound like a zhugenu.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=13951 (669 words)

	Gear of the Land...
		Generally produced in the City of Wenn by gnomish tinkers, a double crossbow is constructed in an over-under fashion and can be loaded with two bolts.
		Crossbows of all three weights are available at 250% of the normal cost.
		A double crossbow is reloaded normally for it's weight one bolt at a time.
	www.idylls.com /splintered/arcana/gear.htm (292 words)

	myArmoury.com - Crossbows power / range
		All im saying is crossbows are NOT the end all weapon, they have there good and bad side in use on the battle field, but i do know they were a fearsome weapon to face, especially in a seige type battle were a crossbow could set up and wait to take a shot.
		Infact the thumb boards used for aiming the crossbow (as the later period sights) made a crossbow able to nail targets at long range VERY effectively, AND - delivery a shot that was devastating to both armor and flesh.
		Crossbows became the weapon of choice that balanced the game of get run down and lanced OR kill a knight before he ran you down and lanced you - all with very little training involved.
	www.myarmoury.com /talk/viewtopic.php?p=72694 (6638 words)

	Crossbows
		Construction of crossbows and other weapons is a manual on the construction of crossbows for hunting, repeater, ball, target crossbows, and other related items.
		This manual covers making several types of crossbow stocks, crossbow locks, sights, laminating bows, bows or prods, flight shooting, ball repeating, goat foot, and the shooting string.
		Also covered in this manual is the building a ball crossbow, the repeating crossbow, boomerangs, and the bolas.
	hppublish.com /contents/en-us/d83.html (329 words)

	Barnett® Crossbows & Accessories Barnett Quad 400 Crossbow
		These crossbows have a contoured thumbhole stock for comfortable shooting, along with a 150-pound draw weight.
		Born is the top-performance Quad 400 Crossbow, all new for 2004.
		Crossbows cannot be shipped to North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Canada, or the Virgin Islands.
	ctico.com /barn.htm (857 words)

	Crossbow FAQ - maintained by Ausbow Industries
		Check out their website at www.crossbowaustralia.org.au especially references in the FAQ section regarding research uses of crossbows.
		I'll send you photocopies of a few pages dealing with crossbow sighting devices since this is a current thread on the list.
		It is being maintained by Ausbow Industries on behalf of the World Crossbow Shooting Association (WSCA).
	www.worldcrossbow.com /reading.html (689 words)

	Two Crossbows - Wizards Community
		Both weapons were magical though in that despite sized to fit on the forearms of the character, they functioned as normal light crossbows (the Crossbow of Angling had an enhancement bonus of +1, the other did not).
		You spend one move action to holster one crossbow, free action to reload it, free action to draw the other crossbow, a move action to holster the loaded crossbow, then two more free actions to load the held crossbow and redraw the holstered one.
		The description of the repeating crossbow specifically states it requires a free hand to pull back on the lever to reload the crossbow as a free action.
	boards1.wizards.com /showthread.php?t=401267 (1949 words)

	Crossbow Rivalry of Two Italian Towns Dates to Middle Ages
		Summary Every year crossbow marksmen from two Umbrian towns in Italy match skills in a target-shooting competition that has been held for more than 350 years.
		The crossbow, which has ancient origins in China, was one of the most important weapons of medieval Europe.
		"Crossbows were important for warfare and hunting from the 11th century onward—they were of daily practical use," said Stuart Pyhrr, a curator in the arms and armor department of the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2002/09/0905_crossbow.html (696 words)

	Specialist Games Forum - Repeating Crossbow and Quickshot? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		THe way our group plays it is a repeating crossbow with quickshot can do either #1 or #3 ok Tkitch's list...
		So the interpretaion would be, given that you have amodel with both a repeating crossbow and quickshot.
		But a warband containing 6 heroes with repeating crossbows quickshot and poison master, rseulting in 4 str 4 attacks(totaling 24 shots a round).
	www.specialist-games.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8869 (784 words)

	repeating crossbow - DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ONLINE: Stormreach Forums
		Heavy or Light Repeating cross bow is an Exotic weapon feat.
		Once the repeating cross-bow is loaded, select a target using the TAB key.
		The crossbow will shoot as many times as it takes to kill the creature or until it to stop.
	www.ddo.com /forums/showthread.php?p=857976#post857976 (579 words)

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		CROSSBOW - Archery weapon consisting of a lath mounted to a rigid stock, having a mechanical means to hold and release the drawn bowstring.
		STOCK - Portion of the crossbow to which all other components are attached and by which it is held.
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	margo.student.utwente.nl /sagi/artikel/faq/source/crossbow.txt (6043 words)

	Phalen Worock
		His father, Pharnem, wished the boy to follow in his steps and be proficient with the use of a bow but he lacked the strength to pull and hold a bow and arrow.
		Using a crossbow had the advantage of his being able to use his entire body to load the mechanism.
		He received the repeating crossbow as a token of gratitude from the Shoo family.
	www.nettally.com /fincher1/arylon/phalen.htm (1757 words)

	The Cursed Ship: End of Quest Treasures
		A light repeating crossbow with a silver-trimmed oak stock is a light crossbow type weapon.
		You are certain that the repeating crossbow is extremely weak, and is in pristine condition.
		You are certain that the repeating crossbow is of average strength, and is in pristine condition.
	drfuturepast.com /DRealms/lists/quests/cset.htm (6673 words)

	Agyris - Fantasy RPG Campaign Setting - Free and Universal Gaming
		Silent Guard, this heavy repeating crossbow is simply the finest and fastest to be had at any price.
		concotion to aid speed and flawless function, this crossbow has a seven shot clip, which is more than adequate to even the odds.
		It features a nicely tooled red oak stock and beautifully crafted fliron fittings and prod, this weapon will withstand the most rigorous of adventures.
	www.agyris.net /v3/encyclopedia/prices/item.asp?id=14 (179 words)

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