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Harold

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Harold is a rare, lightly enchanted (+1) special variant of the Heavy Crossbows family of weapons. It is a martial ranged weapon that's wielded with both hands.

Description Icon.png

Named after Harold Butterbisk, who opened the Butterbisk Inn in Waterdeep before it was renamed by new owners. The stock of the crossbow reads: Quaffing is a shootable offence.

Properties

Damage
D10 Piercing.png 1d10 + 1 (2~11) + Dexterity modifier Damage TypesPiercing
Details
Heavy Crossbows Heavy Crossbows
Rarity: Rare
Enchantment: + 1
 Two-Handed
Dippable Dippable
 Range: 18 m / 60 ft
 Weight: 8.1 kg / 16.2 lb
Price: 480 gp

Special

The holder of this item gains:

  • Haroldish Doom: When you deal damage to a target with a ranged weapon, it must succeed a Charisma DC 13  Charisma saving throw or be Baned Baned for 2 turns.

Weapon actions

Proficiency Icon.png If you have proficiency, equip in main hand to gain:

Piercing Shot Piercing Shot ()

Deal regular damage and possibly inflict Gaping Wounds Gaping Wounds which cause extra damage on attacks.

Brace (Ranged) Brace ()

Spend 6 m / 20 ft of your movement. For the rest of your turn, roll ranged damage twice and use the highest result.

Where to find

Alternatively you could also just kill Zarys.

Notes

  • UUID: 22bf3680-a37f-4a04-b036-2865805f3d60

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Trivia

Harold is also found in Baldur's Gate 2. However, the description of the item in Baldur's Gate differs slightly from the description in the earlier game. That weapon had a chance of inflicting Doom, as the spell Bane did not exist in the 2e ruleset.