overduegalaxy
2009-07-28, 04:04 AM
We have an exceedingly silly campaign coming up, and in the spirit of it, I've decided to make an appropriately silly build. The concept behind it is a kobold, wielding as big a crossbow as he possibly can, while taking as few penalties to his rolls as possible. Is it unoptimized? Yes. Will it be fun to play? Yes.
His objective will be to pop off shots very slowly, but really make them count when they hit. Obviously, I want a lot of damage, and don't care about ridiculous reload times, so I've started with the great crossbow from RoS. As of right now, I've only managed to pump it up to large size at a -2 to hit, using Strongarms Bracers and Monkey Grip (I know, I know, Monkey Grip sucks).
Not so impressive so far. Sure, my kobold's got a crossbow that's probably bigger than him, and definitely weighs more, but I'm sure I can get at least one size category larger. Making it out of gold (MoF 179), while glitzy, gives me a huge penalty and doesn't actually make it any bigger, just heavier, which is not what I want at all. So that's what this topic's asking about.
As well as pumping up size, I also want the crossbow to be tricked out with all manner of non-magical gadgets. Obvious choices are the crossbow sight from A&EG and the crossbow bayonet from Complete Scoundrel, but what else can I throw on there to make it both exceedingly cluttered and actually quite useful?
His objective will be to pop off shots very slowly, but really make them count when they hit. Obviously, I want a lot of damage, and don't care about ridiculous reload times, so I've started with the great crossbow from RoS. As of right now, I've only managed to pump it up to large size at a -2 to hit, using Strongarms Bracers and Monkey Grip (I know, I know, Monkey Grip sucks).
Not so impressive so far. Sure, my kobold's got a crossbow that's probably bigger than him, and definitely weighs more, but I'm sure I can get at least one size category larger. Making it out of gold (MoF 179), while glitzy, gives me a huge penalty and doesn't actually make it any bigger, just heavier, which is not what I want at all. So that's what this topic's asking about.
As well as pumping up size, I also want the crossbow to be tricked out with all manner of non-magical gadgets. Obvious choices are the crossbow sight from A&EG and the crossbow bayonet from Complete Scoundrel, but what else can I throw on there to make it both exceedingly cluttered and actually quite useful?