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Celtic Crossbows

There's no arguing with a quarrel.

Thought to have been invented simultaneously in both Greece and China during the 5th century BC, various forms of crossbow spread rapidly across Europe, even appearing on Pictish standing stones in the far north of Britannia. An early attempt to automate the simple bow, the crossbow works by mounting a bow horizontally on a barrel or stock that, once fitted with a ‘bolt’, can be drawn with a ratchet mechanism to much greater tension than a man alone can generate before being braced against the shoulder for firing. This means that, despite the superior accuracy and rates of fire afforded by the traditional bow, the crossbow can penetrate heavy armour more effectively. Also, unlike the bow, which takes many years of training and practice to master, an unskilled man can be taught to use a crossbow well within a week. Comparably poor accuracy was the weapon’s only real downside, but since it could be held in tension for a much longer period of time, crossbowmen often had time to pick and choose their shots carefully.

Celtic Crossbows

Unit Name

Celtic Crossbows

Main Unit Key

att_cel_celtic_crossbows

Land Unit Key

att_cel_celtic_crossbows

Naval Unit Key

att_lon_heavy_tra_cel

Soldiers

160

Category

Missile Infantry

Class

Missile Infantry

Custom Battle Cost

190

Recruitment Cost

190

Upkeep Cost

95

Missile Damage

65

├ Missile Weapon

att_crossbow

├ Projectile

att_arrow_crossbow_normal

├ Missile Damage

15

├ Missile Ap Damage

50

└ Base Reload Time

43

Accuracy

0

Range

125

Reload

30

Rate of Fire

2

Ammunition

12

Melee Attack

5

Melee Damage

6

├ Melee Weapon

att_dagger

├ Melee Base Damage

5

├ Armour-piercing Damage

1

├ Armour Piercing

No

├ Attack Against Cavalry

0

├ Attack Against Elephants

0

└ Attack Against Infantry

0

Charge Bonus

1

Melee Defence

1

├ Base Defence

1

├ Shield

att_none

└ Shield Defence

0

Armour

3

├ Armour

att_cloth

├ Armour Defence

3

└ Shield Armour

0

Health

78

├ Man Entity

att_infantry_very_light

├ Man Health

75

└ Bonus Hit Points

3

Morale

34

Abilities

No Ability

Attributes

  • Resistant to Fatigue
    Fatigue has less of an effect on this unit.
  • Guerrilla Deployment
    This unit can deploy outside of the deployment zone.
  • Hide (forest)
    This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.

Strengths & Weaknesses

No Strengths and Weaknesses
Requires Buildings
Celtic Crossbows Lv. 0 Carpenter
Carpenter
(att_bld_barbarian_industry_carpenter_3)
Level 2
Carpenters' Guild
Carpenters' Guild
(att_bld_barbarian_industry_carpenter_4)
Level 3
Hunters' Encampment
Hunters' Encampment
(att_bld_barbmigs_military_archers_4)
Level 3