Pistol Crossbow

[Skean Dhude]

Personally, if defending the stairs. I'd poor petrol down them and set fire to the whole place, making sure I had an escape route though. If they've made it to the stairs, and you don't have a gun, they'll get to you eventually. Whether they decide to stake you out and attack when you're asleep, or just stand at the bottom of the stairs, or outside, and just throw bricks at you all day long, or make a shield from a door and line it with metal from road signs, or something like that. If they're in your house, you have already lost this battle.

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Setting fire to your own stronghold! That is a unique way to defend it.

Most people only have one set of stairs. The only time I would use fire is to put petrol on an attacker and then set light to him while he is outside.

Special Ammo? Almost all shotgun ammo in close quarters is going to do damage. You don't need special ammo just not bird shot.