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Dwarves or other creatures armed with [[crossbow]]s, or bows, can pierce targets from a long distance. A dwarf '''crossbowman''', or marksdwarf, will usually open fire at a distance of 20 tiles or so from their target, but a bolt may travel 30 or more tiles. Note that a difference in height (z-levels) ''hurts'' range, rather than helping it. | Dwarves or other creatures armed with [[crossbow]]s, or bows, can pierce targets from a long distance. A dwarf '''crossbowman''', or marksdwarf, will usually open fire at a distance of 20 tiles or so from their target, but a bolt may travel 30 or more tiles. Note that a difference in height (z-levels) ''hurts'' range, rather than helping it. | ||
| − | While doing decent general [[Weapon#Weapon statistics|damage]], a [[bolt]] does a fine job at piercing the internal organs of a [[creature]], which can possibly cause organ failure, instant death, [[unconscious]]ness or crippling of any size target. This is of limited use against creatures without internal organs, such as [[Magma man|magma men]], but works well against most other creatures. Occasionally a bolt will get stuck in a target; the only known use for this is that a [[wrestling]] dwarf may grab the bolt and twist it in the [[wound]] | + | While doing decent general [[Weapon#Weapon statistics|damage]], a [[bolt]] does a fine job at piercing the internal organs of a [[creature]], which can possibly cause organ failure, instant death, [[unconscious]]ness or crippling of any size target. This is of limited use against creatures without internal organs, such as [[Magma man|magma men]], but works well against most other creatures. Occasionally a bolt will get stuck in a target; the only known use for this is that a [[wrestling]] dwarf may grab the bolt and twist it in the [[wound]]. |
A marksdwarf who is forced into melee will use the [[hammerdwarf]] skill to bash enemies with their crossbow. | A marksdwarf who is forced into melee will use the [[hammerdwarf]] skill to bash enemies with their crossbow. | ||