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Crossbow:

Name: Crossbow
Type: Weapon
Rank: RM
Description: A crossbow is a bow mounted on a stick (called a tiller or stock) with a mechanism in it which holds the drawn bow string. The earliest designs featured a slot in the stock, down into which the string was placed. To shoot this design, a vertical rod is thrust up through a hole in the bottom of the notch, forcing the string out. This rod is usually attached perpendicular to a rear-facing lever called a trigger or "tickler". A later design implemented a rolling cylindrical pawl called a "nut" to retain the string. This nut has a perpendicular center slot for the bolt, and an intersecting axial slot for the string, along with a lower face or slot against which the internal trigger sits. They often also have some form of strengthening internal "sear" or trigger face, usually of metal. These "roller nuts" were either free-floating in their close-fitting hole across the stock, tied in with a binding of sinew or other strong cording, or mounted on a metal axle or pins. Removable or integral plates of wood, ivory or metal on the sides of the stock kept the nut in place laterally. Nuts were made of antler, bone, or metal. Bows could be kept and ready to shoot for some time with little effort, allowing crossbowmen to aim better.
The bow (called the "prod" or "lath" on a crossbow) of early crossbows was made of a single piece of wood, usually ash or yew. Composite bows are made from layers of different material—often wood, horn and sinew—glued together and bound with animal tendon. These composite bows, made of several layers, are much stronger and more efficient in releasing energy than simple wooden bows. As steel became more widely available in Europe around the 14th century, steel prods came into use.
The crossbow prod is very short compared to ordinary bows, resulting in a short draw length. This leads to a higher draw weight in order to store the same amount of energy. Furthermore the thick prods are a bit less efficient at releasing energy, but more energy can be stored by a crossbow. Traditionally the prod was often lashed to the stock with rope, whipcord, or other strong cording. This cording is called the bridle.
The strings for a crossbow are typically made of strong fibers that would not tend to fray. Whipcord was very common; however linen, hemp, and sinew were used as well. In wet conditions, twisted mulberry root was occasionally used.

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History: A crossbow is a type of bow consisting of a horizontal limb assembly mounted on a stock that shoots projectiles, called bolts or quarrels. The medieval crossbow was called by many names, most of which derived from the word ballista, a torsion engine resembling a crossbow in appearance.
Historically, crossbows played a significant role in the warfare of East Asia, Europe and the Mediterranean. The invention of the crossbow caused a major shift in the role of ranged weaponry among armies, as the traditional bow and arrow had long been a specialized weapons system which required a considerable degree of lifetime training, physical strength and expertise to operate with any degree of efficiency; in many cultures, despite being usually drawn from the common class, bowmen were considered a separate and superior caste, as their archery skill-set (similar to many horseman cultures) was essentially developed from birth and impossible to reproduce outside a pre-established cultural tradition, which many nations lacked. In contrast, the crossbow was the first projectile weapon to be simple, cheap and physically-undemanding enough to be operated by large numbers of conscript soldiers, thus enabling virtually any nation with sufficient coin to field a potent force of ranged crossbowmen with little expense beyond the cost of the weapons themselves. This led to the ascendancy of large mercenary armies of crossbowmen (best exemplified by the Genoese crossbowmen), and the eventual death of the heavily armored aristocratic knight as armies became progressively dominated by conscripts equipped with increasingly-powerful ranged projectile weapons.
In modern times, although largely supplanted by firearms in most roles, crossbows are still widely used for shooting sports, hunting, and when shooting in relative silence is an important consideration.

Reaper's Gunscythe:

Name: Reaper's Gunscythe
Type: Weapon
Rank: RM - PC (Depends on the ammo)
Description: The scythe's handle is seven feet long, with the added length from the blade on top bringing it to an even eight feet. One end of the scythe had a metal tip on it, while the other consists of the actual curved blade itself. The curved blade is about four and a half feet long, and an inch thick at its thickest point which is located near the shaft of the weapon, becoming increasingly thinner the further away from the shaft the blade becomes. The shaft itself is red, while the metal of the actual blade is white. The shaft of the scythe is made of segments that can collapse, held erect by pins and springs so that it takes only a matter of seconds to take it from its folded position to fully erect. When fully erect the pins and springs are protected by armor coverings, keeping them from being exposed to attacks that might otherwise cause the weapon to fold in on itself. When folded together the blade rests neatly and safely within the foldings, providing the user safety in transporting it. It also is equipped with a clip so that it can be hooked on the users waist for easy carrying. The entire weapon is made of a mixture of steel and other weapons. When the thing is folded up it can still be used as a gun.
Abilities: The scythe itself can become element friendly, meaning the user can add something like electricity to the thing to make the cuts more painful, or fire to cause an added burning effect.
The scythe is only user-friendly. Meaning, anyone touching the scythe without permission will be incinerated upon contact - especially if they're aiming to steal it.
The scythe is capable of handling several types of bullets - anything from those designed to blow basket ball sized holes into people to bullets designed to incinerate someone to ash upon nearby contact (bullets are included).
Another of the fine little abilities of the gunscythe is that, depending on if its activated or not, when someone is cut cleaning in half or a limb is severed that limb and the blood turns into rose petals and gives off a distinct rose-like smell. If an entire body is severed it turns both halves into nothing at all but the rose petals (makes clean up rather easy).