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Originally Posted by kmonster I never found one in the hand. Maybe you're talking about the light cossbow of speed or a heavy crossbow of accuracy. The light crossbow of speed has the same number of attacks and does the same damage as a nonmagical composite bow, not that great. |
Yep, I went back and checked my saved games. It is the Heavy Crossbow of Accuracy.
But I have found one in the Hand in every game. The walktrough interestingly doesn't attribute one to the Hand. Although there may be a random one in Dorn, I am certain there is one specific to the Hand. I have even had two on occasion.
I really do favor bows (mostly composite). But I do feel one crossbow is a good balance to a party and The Heavy Crossbow of Accuracy is a nice one (IMHO) with that +7 to hit. A lot of this I realize is a matter of party makeup and fighting style of each player.
Even though a good crossbow like the one above can only fire once per round it is very likely to hit. For a thief or thief combo who isn't going to have a lot of "good odds" attacks per round like a fighter, having one "really" good shot for a hit can make the difference in keeping an opponent from casting a spell. Though they might get a second shot (possibly a third at higher level) with a bow, their odds on subsequent shots aren't as good as a fighter. So (to me) in most cases they are only going to have one hit per round thus why not use an item that gives +7 in addition to their other pluses. Fighters are a different matter since their to hits are much better.
Also I like to use gnomes and halflings when I make a fighter/thief and they are limited mostly to shortbows. Personally I would rather have them carry a crossbow than a shortbow. But that's just me.
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