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Assassin's Crossbow
Assassin's Crossbow
Value: 0
300 Burden Units
This item expires in 3 hours.


This green, intricately carved crossbow bears a striking resemblance to crossbows that were widely used as a devastating first-strike weapon by the Rossu Morta assassins in Ispar, but it is filled with an unstable energy that suggests it is not long for this world.
Special Properties: Unenchantable, Dropped on Death, Biting Strike, Crushing Blow, Resistance Cleaving: Piercing

Damage Bonus: 0 (26)
Elemental Damage Bonus: 16, Piercing
Damage Modifer: +275%
Speed: Very Slow (200)
Range: 80 yds.
Uses Crossbow Skill
Uses quarrels as ammunition.

Casts the following spells: Major Crossbow Aptitude, Murderous Thirst, Barnar's Boon, Assassin's Gift

Spellcraft: 500
Mana: 10000
Mana Cost: 1 point per 30 seconds.

Spell Descriptions:

  • Major Crossbow Aptitude (Increases the target's Crossbow skill by 15 points. Additional spells can be layered over this.)
  • Murderous Thirst (I shall drink the blood of my victims and it shall nourish my fevered desire. Increases the base damage of a weapon by 26.)
  • Assassin's Gift (Raises the Assassin's Deception Skill by 100.)

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