Vicious Weapon (Crossbow, Heavy)
D&D 5e · 2014·Weapons·Rare·No attunement
Base weapon damage before your ability modifier. Use the calculator to include hit chance and critical hits.
Damage calculator
Hit chance
55%
Expected damage / attack
5.3
Attack bonus
+5
Average normal hit: 8.5 · Average critical hit: 21 · Critical chance: 5%.
- Category
- Martial weapon
- Damage type
- Piercing
- Normal / long range
- 100 / 400 ft.
- Magic attack bonus
- +0
- Weight
- 18 lb
- Attunement
- Not required
- Rarity
- Rare
- Price
- Not specified
Magic: Critical hit when you roll a 20 on your attack roll with this weapon.
Calculator assumptions & rules
One attack against a creature. Natural 1 misses; natural 20 hits and doubles damage dice, not flat modifiers. Expected damage includes misses and critical hits. Advantage uses the higher of two d20s; Disadvantage uses the lower. Magic bonuses shown on the item are counted once.
Uses only the weapon’s ordinary hit and the listed on-hit extra dice, when enabled. Class features, Sneak Attack, fighting styles, mastery effects, damage on a miss, special critical-hit effects, ongoing damage, resistance and immunity are excluded. Check the full rules below for additional effects.
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What Vicious Weapon does
- Dexterity can drive this martial weapon’s attack and damage rolls. Add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll only if you are proficient.
- The base 1d10 weapon damage averages 5.5 before your ability modifier and extra effects. Hit chance matters too: compare expected damage per attack rather than the die alone.
- The normal range is 100 feet and the maximum is 400 feet; attacks beyond normal range have Disadvantage. The calculator lets you model the attack mode separately.
- This weapon needs two hands when you attack, so a wielded shield conflicts with that attack setup.
- Vicious 2014 adds 2d6 damage only to a critical hit when the attack roll is 20. The calculator adds those dice once to critical damage; ordinary hits gain no extra damage.
When you roll a 20 on your attack roll with this magic weapon, your critical hit deals an extra 2d6 damage of the weapon's type. This is the Crossbow, Heavy variant.
Full item details & properties
Rules for this edition
- Proficiency
- A martial ranged weapon; proficiency allows adding your Proficiency Bonus to its attack rolls.
Magic properties
- Activation
- Critical hit when you roll a 20 on your attack roll with this weapon.
- Consumable
- No
- Vicious critical
- On an attack roll of 20, the critical hit deals an extra 2d6 damage of the weapon’s damage type. These extra dice are added once, after doubling the ordinary weapon damage dice.
Weapon details
- Damage
- 1d10 piercing
- Weapon class
- Martial Ranged
- Range
- 100 / 400 ft. (normal / long)
- Ammunition
- Crossbow bolts
Properties
Ammunition(range 100/400)
You can use a weapon that has the ammunition property to make a ranged attack only if you have ammunition to fire from the weapon. Each time you attack with the weapon, you expend one piece of
Heavy
Small creatures have disadvantage on attack rolls with heavy weapons. A heavy weapon's size and bulk make it too large for a Small creature to use effectively.
Loading
Because of the time required to load this weapon, you can fire only one piece of ammunition from it when you use an action, bonus action, or reaction to fire it, regardless of the number of attacks you can normally make.
Two-Handed
This weapon requires two hands when you attack with it.
Tags & related references
Compare alternatives
Same edition, using your calculator inputs above. Special properties and character features can change the choice.
Same base weapon; compare its bonuses and rarity
Crossbow, Heavy (+2)7.1 expected damage / attack65% hit chance1d10 +2 piercing · +2 magic attack · 100 ft. rangeNot specified · 18 lbSame base weapon; compare its bonuses and rarity
Vicious Weapon (Crossbow, Hand)4.1 expected damage / attack55% hit chance1d6 piercing · +0 magic attack · 30 ft. rangeNot specified · 3 lbUses the same attack ability; compare handling and damage
Vicious Weapon (Crossbow, Light)4.7 expected damage / attack55% hit chance1d8 piercing · +0 magic attack · 80 ft. rangeNot specified · 5 lbUses the same attack ability; compare handling and damage
Ordinary attacks only. Matching extra-damage conditions follow your input; alternatives keep their default bonus allocation.
Vicious Weapon FAQ
Does Vicious Weapon require attunement?
No. This entry does not require attunement; follow its activation and use rules.
Is the listed price a guaranteed purchase price?
The source does not specify a price for this entry. Ask your GM about availability and cost.