Crossbow (Statistics)

[Daubee]

Accuracy...,
The bow, of course, small, for use from the saddle, lacks the range and power of the Gorean longbow or crossbow; still, at close range, with considerable force, firing rapidly, arrow after arrow, it is a fearsome weapon.
Nomads of Gor, page 66

“. . .the tiny, swift bow of Tuchuks, the narrow, rectangular quiver, with its forty arrows. . . . It is small, double-curved, about four feet in length, built up of layers of bosk horn, bound and reinforced with metal and leather; it is banded with metal at seven points, including the grip. . .the bow lacks the range of both the longbow and the crossbow, but, at close range, firing rapidly, it can be a devastating weapon. . .”
Assassins of Gor, page 365


Disadvantage...,
“Its major disadvantage is its slowness in rate of fire.
Savages of Gor, page 96



Force...,
“. . . the bolt of a crossbow struck the door and splintered through it, its head projecting some six inches on my side.”
Nomads of Gor, page 227

“The bolt of a crossbow splattered into a brick wall on my right, gouging a cupful of masonry loose in chips and dust.”
Nomads of Gor, page 236


Power of the crossbow
“. . .the bolt of a crossbow struck the door and splintered through it, its head projecting some six inches on my side.”
Nomads of Gor, page 227

“The bolt of a crossbow splattered into a brick wall on my right, gouging a cupful of masonry loose in chips and dust.”
Nomads of Gor, page 236



Range…,
“Some hundreds of yards from the wall, just beyond crossbow range. . .”
Tarnsman of Gor, page 163,

“and if he had fired at that range, most probably the quarrel would have passed through my body and disappeared in the woods behind. The initial velocity of a quarrel is the better part of a pasang per second.”
Tarnsman of Gor, page 100



Reload time…,
“The crossbowmen were each winding their string tight for a new quarrel.”
Nomads of Gor, page 213

“It would be eleven or twelve seconds before the crossbowmen would be ready to fire again.”
Nomads of Gor, page 227




Speed...,
“Again and again the small bow, swift and vicious, fired, twenty barbed arrows in half an Ehn. . .”
Assassins of Gor, page 372

The latter had trained his crossbow on my breast. At that distance, he could not have missed, and if he had fired at that range, most probably the quarrel would have passed through my body and disappeared in the woods behind. The initial velocity of a quarrel is the better part of a pasang per second.
Tarnsman of Gor, page 7

[Daubee]

Crossbow needs to be oiled
“. . . some oil for the mechanism of the crossbow.”
Tarnsman of Gor, page 105

[Daubee]

“I mounted my tarn . . . On each side of the saddle hung a missile weapon, a crossbow with a quiver of a dozen quarrels, or bolts, on the left, a longbow with a quiver of thirty arrows on the right.”
Tarnsman of Gor, page 64

Moreover, They have specially designed quivers
“None of the bolts had escaped from the specially constructed quiver.”
Tarnsman of Gor, page 161

[Daubee]

. . . the crossbow, which is primarily an infantry weapon
Savage of Gor,page 96

[Daubee]

...the crossbow is the assassin’s weapon, par excellence; further, it might be mentioned that, although it takes longer to set the crossbow, a weaker man, with, say, his belt claw or his winding gear, can certainly manage to do so; accordingly, for every man capable of drawing a warrior’s long bow there will be an indefinite number who can use the crossbow; lastly, at shorter distances, the crossbow requires much less skill for accuracy than the long bow.”
Raiders of Gor, page 2