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| Description = The hand onager is a powerful ranged weapon rarely seen in use. A hand onager uses twisted skeins of spider silk to place tension upon a pair of sturdy wooden arms. It is treated as a heavy crossbow and a siege weapon to determine what feats are usable with it.  Unlike lesser crossbow-class weapons, a hand onager may never be fired one-handed under any circumstances.  A hand onager fires the same ammo a heavy crossbow fires, but with significantly greater force. A large part of this is due to the fact that a hand onager does not keep the bowstring under tension when it is not cocked, so it can be made with much heavier draw weights without worrying about breaking the string. Even more important, for a given size, a hand onager can be drawn back much further than a crossbow, and the longer length of draw allows it to shoot much harder even at the same draw weight. In addition, a hand onager can be obtained in Mighty versions at a price of 250gp per Strength plus.  
| Description = The hand onager is a powerful ranged weapon rarely seen in use. A hand onager uses twisted skeins of spider silk to place tension upon a pair of sturdy wooden arms. It is treated as a heavy crossbow and a siege weapon to determine what feats are usable with it.  Unlike lesser crossbow-class weapons, a hand onager may never be fired one-handed under any circumstances.  A hand onager fires the same ammo a heavy crossbow fires, but with significantly greater force. A large part of this is due to the fact that a hand onager does not keep the bowstring under tension when it is not cocked, so it can be made with much heavier draw weights without worrying about breaking the string. Even more important, for a given size, a hand onager can be drawn back much further than a crossbow, and the longer length of draw allows it to shoot much harder even at the same draw weight. In addition, a hand onager can be obtained in Mighty versions at a price of 250gp per Strength plus.  


'''Load:'''  Cranking back the arms of a hand onager to reload it requires a move action, or, a [[standard attack]] action when you declare a [[full attack action]]. If [[Rapid Reload (Feat)]] is taken, the reload is reduced.
'''Load:'''  Cranking back the arms of a hand onager to reload it requires a move action, or, a [[standard attack]] action when you declare a [[full attack action]]. If the [[Rapid Reload (Feat)]] is taken, the reload time is reduced.


The hand onager belongs to the "Crossbows" and "Siege Engines" weapon groups
The hand onager belongs to the "Crossbows" and "Siege Engines" weapon groups


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Revision as of 00:21, 10 March 2020

Hand Onager 2-Hand Projectile / Exotic [edit]
Hand Onager
Cost Sm Dmg Med Dmg Large Dmg Crit Range Wt Type
250 gp 2d6 2d8 3d8 x3 120 ft 18 lbs Piercing or by ammunition
Weapon Qualities: Handy, Massive, Mighty, Non-Melee
The hand onager is a powerful ranged weapon rarely seen in use. A hand onager uses twisted skeins of spider silk to place tension upon a pair of sturdy wooden arms. It is treated as a heavy crossbow and a siege weapon to determine what feats are usable with it. Unlike lesser crossbow-class weapons, a hand onager may never be fired one-handed under any circumstances. A hand onager fires the same ammo a heavy crossbow fires, but with significantly greater force. A large part of this is due to the fact that a hand onager does not keep the bowstring under tension when it is not cocked, so it can be made with much heavier draw weights without worrying about breaking the string. Even more important, for a given size, a hand onager can be drawn back much further than a crossbow, and the longer length of draw allows it to shoot much harder even at the same draw weight. In addition, a hand onager can be obtained in Mighty versions at a price of 250gp per Strength plus.

Load: Cranking back the arms of a hand onager to reload it requires a move action, or, a standard attack action when you declare a full attack action. If the Rapid Reload (Feat) is taken, the reload time is reduced.

The hand onager belongs to the "Crossbows" and "Siege Engines" weapon groups