Editing Bow Weaponry (section)

==Types of Crossbows==
[[File:Wg2-25-handbow.jpg|150px|right|thumb|Handbow]]

===Handbow===
A hand bow is a smaller, one-handed version of the crossbow, effectively a pistol. It is a primitive weapon, though sometimes made with modern technology and materials and easily as powerful as a larger version.

While it can be fired with one hand it still requires a long reload time and also not when moving. As well as bows as crossbows, they are mainly used on primitive worlds, but can be found all over the galaxy in more advanced forms. The ease at which they can be broken down and concealed, as well as their silent operation, makes them a favored weapon of assassins. The [[Ratskins|Ratskin tribes]] of Necromunda are particularly renowned for making use of handbows and other low-tech weapons.

===Condemnor Stakethrower===
[[File:Condemnor_Stakethrower.JPG|150px|right|thumb|Condemnor Stakethrower]]
Condemnor Stakethrowers (Which should not be confused with the [[Condemner Boltgun]]) are the primary ranged weapon used by the [[Novitiate Squad|Novitiate Condemnor]]s.

These are essentially considered a sniper crossbow and is light enough that it can sometimes be even used as a sidearm when needed. It comes with a magazine that improves firing rate and is armed with specialised stakes similar to those used by the Stake Crossbow to ensure that any [[Psyker]] would get properly [[Blam|Blammed]] out of existence. Consider it as the heavier version of the much cheaper Handbow.

Crunchwise, the Condemnor Stakethrower is 4 dice, 3+, 2/3, Silent, P!, MW2, so you can fire it across the board while on a conceal order, any criticals reduce defence dice by 1 and it actually works as a decent sniper rifle. So far, rules are only exclusive for [[Kill Team (Specialist Game)|Kill Team]].

===Crossbow===
[[File:Dhcr-135-crossbow.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Crossbow]]
Your standard, run-of-the-mill crossbow.

The bigger, rifle-sized brother of the Handbow. The Crossbow offers greater tensile strength, which means longer range and higher penetration than their little ilks.

They are often regulated to mere hunting weapons, as their silence and simplicity offers an alternative than the large explosive sound from a [[Musket]], [[Blunderbuss]] or a [[Stub Rifle]].

They are, however, not very common in war, but are sometimes seen with rebellious street gangs or irregular troops. Often they are developed with an automatic draw mechanism which allows for a much faster reload, but it is impossible to move and reload at the same time, making it a cumbersome weapon. It can be affixed with a scope for better accuracy, and its silence still makes it somewhat popular amongst scouts.

===Purgatus Crossbow===
[[File:Condemnor+Boltgun+Picture.JPG|150px|right|thumb|Purgatus Crossbow]]
More advanced Crossbows are also utilized by the Inquisitions [[Ordo Hereticus]], and have become a symbol of their order. Known as the Purgatus Crossbow, it is a fusion of a Boltgun and a standard crossbow and is able to fire with more force than a Shotgun blast. However, it is its ammunition that is the true marvel; heavy wood and silver stakes inscribed with wards and runes designed to disrupt a creature's contact with the Warp, making it an excellent weapon to hunt Psykers.

It is not to be confused with the [[Condemner Boltgun]] however, as the Condemner Boltgun is a [[Combi-weapon]] whereas the Purgatus Crossbow is a modified Bolter with a Crossbow mechanism attached to it.

===Stake Crossbow===
[[File:Stake_Crossbow.jpg|150px|right|thumb|Stake Crossbow]]
A crossbow if you want to role play as Van Helsing.

A Stake Crossbow is a specialized weapon used by the Ordo Hereticus. When the Crossbow fires, it fires a silver stake engraved with sigils that destabilize a psyker's connection to the Warp. The impact of the stake against a psyker will not only cause a major wound, but it will cause his powers to spiral out of control, destroying the psyker in a storm of raw psychic energy.

The difference between this Crossbow and the Purgatus Crossbow is that one utilize Boltgun mechanics whilst the other is a more conventional Crossbow archetype. The Stake Crossbow might be attached to a bolter to form a Combi-weapon known as the Condemnor Boltgun.

===Krootbow===
[[File:Krootbow.jpg|150px|right|thumb|Krootbow]]
The smaller cousin of the Kroot Bolt Thrower.

The Krootbow are unusual crossbow-like weapons rarely wielded by the [[Kroot Kindreds]] entering the Koronus Expanse. They are based on the structure of a basic [[Kroot Rifle]] and are only used by Kroots who prefer a more stealthy approach.

The weapon possesses a rotational firing mechanism (Similiar to the one from that Van Helsing movie featuring Hugh Jackman) that allows the Krootbow to fire several quarrels with a single pull of the trigger rather than doing a manual reload; great against the heat of battle. The quarrels fired by the weapon are fitted with a mono-edged head and are often coated in toxins by the Kroot using them.

===Accelerator Bow===
[[File:Accelerator_Bow_2.JPG|200px|right|thumb|Accelerator Bow]]
The <s>[[Video Game|Torque Bow]]</s> Accelerator Bow is the bigger version of the smaller Krootbow and is definitely in no way related to [[Original character, do not steal|another similar weapon both in design and in function from Gears of War.]] Nothing to see here citizen. [[Blam|''Move along''.]]

Anyways, the Accelerator Bow is a specialist weapon used exclusively by Kroot [[Bow-Hunter]]s that, as its name implies, seems to incorporate some railgun tech into this giant crossbow/sniper rifle hybrid. As they are bows, the Accelerator Bow can use a variety of ammunition to get the job done.

*A fused arrow for armour-piercing purposes. The most vanilla of the lot.
*A glide arrow for being stealthy, [[Derp|''somehow'']]...[[Wat|even though arrows by themselves are quite stealthy already.]]
*The voltaic arrow for splashing mortal wounds on additional targets. Although we guess it is an arrow that acts like a taser going by its name.

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===Heavy Crossbow===
[[File:Heavy_Crossbow.JPG|200px|right|thumb|Heavy Crossbow]]
The Heavy Crossbow is basically a giant Arbalest. It is a hand-crank system that launches harpoon-sized spears armed with either incendiary or explosive warheads. Due to its simplistic design, they are sometimes used as heavy weapons for the [[Cawdor Firebrand|Firebrand]]s of [[House Cawdor]] in [[Necromunda]].

Because of its ergonomic potential, they are used by House Cawdor as their primary heavy weapons.

On the Necromunda tabletop, all you need to know about the Heavy Crossbow is that it packs a 5” blast weapon that can reach out and drop that pie plate at 30”. It also has a Krak option for that hard target that needs to go down, and it only costs 125 credits. The Heavy Crossbow is legitimately a great weapon, and if you’re going to take an Unwieldy weapon, take this one.

===Londaxi Tribalest===
[[File:Tribalest_2.JPG|200px|right|thumb|Londaxi Tribalest]]
A miniature hand-held version of the larger Kroot Bolt Thrower.

The Londaxi Tribalest is used exclusively by [[Kroot Heavy Gunner]]s and is one of its primary weapons, with the other being the [[Dvorgite Skinner]]. Looking like something out of Quake, the Londaxi Tribalest is kind of like an advanced heavy arbalest (Hence the name Tri'''''balest''''') that launches a giant, explosive bolt. It seems to work similarly to the Accelerator Bow given there is no visible string.

Like the [[Dvorgite Skinner]], the Londaxi Tribalest isn't actually a ''Kroot'' weapon. It is in fact a weapon manufactured by the aforementioned [[Xenos|Londaxi race]] which are a sentient and technologically gifted Xenos race that occasionally clash with the Imperium. It is unknown if the Londaxi is an actual Tau client race or just so happens to be ''another'' mercenary race that the Kroot occasionally trades with.

Due to its heavy weight and its limitation as a tensile weapon, the Londaxi Tribalest has a slightly lower attack rate and isn't as accurate, but has a higher damage output to compensate. Crunchwise, this is the closest the Kroot could get to a Heavy Bolter equivalent. With 5 dice, 4+ to hit, 4/4 damage, AP1 and Rending. You don’t get additional damage on the crit, it just gives you another crit and makes it harder for your opponent to get saves.
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===Kroot Bolt Thrower===
[[File:Kroot_Bolt_Thrower.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Kroot Bolt Thrower]]
The Kroot are also bringing bows to a bolter fight; the bolt thrower is basically a giant Ballista.

The Kroot Bolt Thrower is a simple but effective weapon, used by the [[Kroot]] before they encountered the [[Tau Empire]]. The Kroot have taken some notes from the T'au on how to improve larger weapons, just like their [[Kroot Weapons|small arms]].

The Tau provide [[Bolter|impact fused explosive tips,]] rather than the Kroot's original sharpened metal bolts. These tips are a smaller version of the warheads used in their own missile pods. The bolt thrower is fired by a hand-crank system which drops bolts from the magazine into position and quickly re-draws the bowstring, similar to a repeating crossbow. This allows them to keep up a high rate of fire with relatively little effort.

The Kroot Bolt Thrower often attached to the back of the [[Great Knarloc]] to allow it to move around the battlefield during the fighting.
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