Crossbowman

Best archers can transfer to crossbowmen company, where they gain quality weapons and armor. There is not many of such companies in the Royal Army, but its number grows every year due to the fact that the crossbow is much greater than the bow in both range and armor-piercing qualities. Wesnothian commanders appreciate the tactical possibilities of crossbow more than bow's shooting rate.

Tactical Info:

Pupil: Day type
* +5% accuracy and +1 vision range at daytime.
* -10% accuracy and -1 vision range at night.

Alignment: Selfless
* 25% damage bonus when there are 2 or more selfless allies around unit.
* 25% damage penalty when there isn't allies around unit.

Movement type: Military
* good at village and castles defending.

Armor type: Human in armor with shield
* resistant to blade and pierce damage and especially to impact damage.
* fractionally resistant to fire and cold damage.

Damage type: Blade & Pierce
* blade attack is effective against units without armor, especially against woses.
* blade attack is less effective against skeletons and trolls.
* blade attack is uneffective against ghosts and heavy armored units.
* pierce attack is more effective against cavalry and flying units.
* pierce attack is less effective against frogs, dwarves and skeletons.
* pierce attack is uneffective against woses, ghosts and heavy armored units.

Special abilities:
* firstshoot: shoots first in defense.

Information

Attacks (damage × count)

	crossbow ranged	12 × 2 pierce	first shoot
	sword melee	4 × 4 blade

Resistances

	blade	10%			pierce	10%
	impact	15%			fire	5%
	cold	5%			arcane	0%