This studded redwood crossbow provides a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.
Curse. This crossbow is cursed. Becoming attuned to it extends the curse to you. As long as you remain cursed, you are unwilling to part with Backbiter, keeping it on your person at all times. While attuned to Backbiter, you have disadvantage on attack rolls made with ranged weapons other than this one.
Rolling a 1 on an attack roll with this weapon causes it to backfire into the user. The damage to the user is automatically treated as a critical hit. Until the start of the users next turn, any ranged attack against a target that is within 10 feet of the user is automatically redirected toward the user. The attracting aspect of the weapon also causes any stealth rolls to be made at disadvantage due to the attraction of random items to your location. Blood from wounds sustained as a result of the curse are actively absorbed into the weapon.
You can break the curse in the usual ways like casting Remove curse or Greater restoration on it. Backbiter then becomes a standard +1 crossbow, light.
Proficiency with a light crossbow allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.
Proficiency with a Light Crossbow allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.
This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.
Slow. If you hit a creature with this weapon and deal damage to it, you can reduce its Speed by 10 feet until the start of your next turn. If the creature is hit more than once by weapons that have this property, the Speed reduction doesn’t exceed 10 feet.
Notes: Bonus: Ranged Attacks, Stealth Disadvantage: Impose, Short rest, Damage, Combat, Cursed, Ammunition, Loading, Range, Two-Handed, Slow
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