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[Icedaemon]

Hobgoblin wristbow:

One-handed Exotic weapon (Hobgoblin)
Range: 30ft
Damage: 1d4
Type: Piercing
Critical: x2
Ammo: Small specialized arrows, may be replaced with large crossbow bolts in emergencies at a -2 to attack bonus.

The Hobgoblin Wristbow is eventually a tiny bow (usually no larger then the average hobgoblin head,) attached on its side to the users wrist via an attached cuff. Because the bow is firmly attached to the wrist, the user need only use one hand to fire it, leaving the hand the bow is attached to free to grasp other things such as a dagger, bag, or small sword.

How does one actually fire it one-handed, when it is on one's wrist? For that matter, how does one keep the cord taut, if it is a bow attached to a bracer not a crossbow? Assuming that it is a wrist-mounted crossbow, that still leads to questioning how the trigger mechanism works.

The wristbow is commonly used as an emergency ranged weapon due to it's low range, poor damage, and ultimate clumsiness. Some however have mastered the ability of duel wielding the bow, holding a bow on each wrist and having a special X-shaped quiver strapped to their back for quick and easy ammo grabbing.

Given how the bolts are no longer than a forearm, why X-shaped when two short quivers behind one's shoulders would be sufficient?

Rookie users of the wristbow commonly forget to dip their fist as low as possible, and often wind up scratching, or even outright piercing the back of their hand with their own arrows. Scars in this area are a common sight among wristbow users because of this.