Jistkan War Crossbow
1d10P·Martial·Crossbow·Two-handed
Range 110 ft.·Reload 1
Runes +3, greater striking, grievous
These +3 greater striking grievous arbalests are a fantastically intricate creation of the ancient Jistka Imperium, seamlessly weaving together mechanical ingenuity and powerful magic to create one of the deadliest projectile weapons ever devised by human hands.
Activate—Bolt of War ◆
Frequency once per 10 minutes
Effect Make a Strike with the Jistkan war crossbow, ignoring the penalty for making a Strike within your second or third range increment. Additionally, the arbalest gains the splash trait and deals 10 piercing splash damage for this Strike.
Traits
When you hit an off-guard creature, this weapon deals 1 precision damage in addition to its normal damage. The precision damage increases to 2 if the weapon is a +3 weapon.
Something with the magical trait is imbued with magical energies not tied to a specific tradition of magic. Some items or effects are closely tied to a particular tradition of magic. In these cases, the item has the arcane, divine, occult, or primal trait instead of the magical trait. Any of these traits indicate that the item is magical.
The target takes 1d8 persistent bleed damage. You gain an item bonus to this bleed damage equal to the weapon's item bonus to attack rolls.