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Field Ballista (Level 2 Siege Engine Artillery)

A massive crossbow fires thick metal bolts with devastating effect.

  • EV: 8
  • Stamina: 40
  • Size: 2

🌀 Deactivate

As a maneuver, a creature adjacent to a field ballista can make an Agility test.

  • ≤11: The creature accidentally activates the Release Bolt ability.
  • 12-16: The field ballista is deactivated but the creature is slowed (EoT).
  • 17+: The field ballista is deactivated and can't be used.

🏹 Release Bolt

Ranged, Strike, Weapon Main action (Adjacent creature)
📏 Ranged 20 🎯 One creature or object

Power Roll + 2:

  • ≤11: 5 damage
  • 12-16: 8 damage; M < 1 push 1
  • 17+: 11 damage; M < 2 push 2

Effect: This ability can't be used again until the field ballista is reloaded.

⭐️ Reload

- Main action (Adjacent creature)
📏 - 🎯 -

Effect: The field ballista is reloaded, allowing Release Bolt to be used again. This action can be used only once per round.

⭐️ Spot

- Main action (Adjacent creature)
📏 - 🎯 -

Effect: The next use of Release Bolt gains an edge and has a +10 bonus to ranged distance. This action can be used only once per round.

⭐️ Move

- Main action (Adjacent creature)
📏 - 🎯 -

Effect: The field ballista and the creature using this action move together up to 3 squares.

⭐️ Upgrades

Penetrating Bolt (+2 EV) The field ballista targets the nearest two additional creatures or objects in a straight line beyond the initial target.

Chain Bolt (+2EV) The field ballista's bolts are set with heavy chains that wrap around targets. The Chain Bolt ability replaces Release Bolt, and the field ballista gains the Crank the Chain ability.

🏹 Chain Bolt

- - Ranged, Strike, Weapon Main action (Adjacent creature)
📏 Ranged 20 🎯 One creature or object

Power Roll + 2:

  • ≤11: 4 damage
  • 12-16: 7 damage; M < 1 slowed (save ends)
  • 17+: 10 damage; M < 2 slowed (save ends)

Effect: This ability can't be used again until the field ballista is reloaded.

🏹 Crank the Chain

Ranged, Strike, Weapon Main action (Adjacent creature)
📏 Ranged 20 🎯 One creature

Special: The target must be slowed by the field ballista.

Power Roll + 2:

  • ≤11: Pull 1
  • 12-16: Pull
  • 17+: 3 Pull 5

Effect: This forced movement triggers opportunity attacks.