Arcuballista

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Weapon Skill: Automaton Weapon Skill

• Automaton Ranged Skill: 0
• Description: Damage varies with TP.
• Only available to Puppetmaster Automatons equipped with the Sharpshot Frame.

Properties

• Skillchain Properties: Liquefaction/Transfixion

• Modifiers:

• Deciding Maneuver: Fire

• Conflicting Maneuvers: Thunder, Dark

• Damage Multipliers by TP:

100%TP	200%TP	300%TP
2.5	3.0	4.0

History

Arcuballista comes from an amazing weapon from the past called the Arbalest. The Arbalest was a larger version of the crossbow and it had a steel prod (”bow”). Since an arbalest was much larger than earlier crossbows, and because of the greater tensile strength of steel, it had a greater force. The strongest windlass-pulled arbalests could have up to 22 kN (5000 lbf) strength and be accurate up to 500m. A skilled arbalestier (arblaster) could shoot two bolts per minute. Arbalests were sometimes considered inhumane or unfair weapons, since an inexperienced crossbowman could use one to kill a knight who had a lifetime of training.

See Also

• Source Link (Japanese)