Ranged Weapons

In GnollHack, launchers, such as a bow or a crossbow, add their damage and damage bonus to the fired ammunition.

• Bows and slings add the user's strength bonus to the damage.
• Crossbows have a fixed bonus, which is added to the damage instead of the strength bonus.

Bows

The following bows fire 1 shot per turn:

• Bow
• Short bow
• Elven long bow
• Orcish short bow
• Composite long bow
• Yumi — Oriental long bow

Normal bows can be safely enchanted at +7 or below. Elven bows can be safely enchanted at +10 or below.

The only bow that fires shots faster than 1 shot per turn is:

• Galadhrim bow

Crossbows

The following crossbows fire 1 shot per turn:

• Crossbow
• Hand crossbow
• Heavy crossbow

The following crossbows fire 2 shots per turn:

• Repeating crossbow
• Repeating heavy crossbow

Slings

• Sling — Fires 1 shot per turn.
• Staff-sling — Fires up to 2 shots per turn.

Ranged Weapon Modifiers

1. Can get weapon quality modifiers
2. Cannot be mythic or legendary