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Sticks & Stones

Weapon (any crossbow), uncommon

Component: Plant bark

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, so please stop hitting me with them!”

• Common saying popularised during the forest gnome revolts

This crossbow can use both crossbow bolts and sling bullets as ammunition. When using sling bullets, it deals bludgeoning damage instead of piercing damage. The crossbow has 2 charges and regains all expended charges daily at dawn.

Logs & Boulders. As an action while holding this crossbow, you can expend 1 charge, shoot one piece of ammunition, and speak a command word to cause the ammunition to enlarge. Depending on the type of ammunition shot, it has one of the following effects:

• Crossbow Bolt. The bolt expands into a sharpened log, which is shot in a 30-foot-long, 5-foot-wide line. Each creature in the area must make a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw, taking 4d6 piercing damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
• Sling Bullet. The bullet expands into a massive boulder, which falls in a 5-foot-radius, 20-foot-tall cylinder centred on a point within 30 feet of you. Each creature in the area must make a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw, taking 4d6 bludgeoning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

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Rare variant: Increase the DCs to 15, each damage to 6d6, the length of the line to 60 feet, the radius of the cylinder to 10 feet, and the distance the cylinder’s centre can be from you to 60 feet. You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.

Very rare variant: Increase the charges to 3, the DCs to 16, each damage to 8d6, the length of the line to 60 feet, the radius of the cylinder to 10 feet, and the distance the cylinder’s centre can be from you to 60 feet. You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.

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