Pistol Crossbow

[Timelord]

Ranged weapons in a "civilian" urban setting, going by historical and contemporary accounts is often at a range of only 3 to 5 metres. Expecting to be able to reload or for others in your group to have a clear shot and then again expecting to have time to pick up and shoot compound bows in that same setting is a bit over optimistic! The big elephant in the room is that by the very act of using a pistol crossbow in this type of setting is giving away a time factor advantage to your opponent. You are shooting a mediocre weapon at best and are using valuable action time to do so. A better defence action or weapon system would be a much greater advantage and would not be wasting time during those critical seconds that count. If a pistol crossbow is your only weapon to hand and so thereby you justify its use, then that is "ppp"...