Heavy Crossbowman

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Both the Council and the Magistrate were more than happy to bolster their armies with mercenary crossbowmen.

After the truce, many of them were left without work - it didn't take long before they switched to alternative ways of making ends meet.

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Skills

Skill	Basic Stats	Description
Taking Aim	Maneuver Type: No Target Energy: 4 Cooldown: 1	Activates "Taking Aim" for 1 turn: +59% Accuracy +10% Weapon Damage +1 Range For each enemy within 4 tiles additionally grants the effect: +30% Knockback Chance +30% Immobilization Chance +30% Stagger Chance The bonus to Accuracy depends on the number of Ability Points invested into this tree. Removes the effect if not equipped with a ranged weapon.
Suppression	Stance Type: No Target Energy: 14 Cooldown: 10	Activates "Suppression" for 12 turns (18 turns if equipped with a crossbow): +5% Immobilization Chance +10% Knockback Chance +10% Bleed Chance -5% Cooldowns Duration -5% Skills Energy Cost Using this ability tree's skills (except Taking Aim) grants an extra stack of the effect (up to IV). Basic shots prolong the effect's duration by 1 turn (up to 12), but reduce its number of stacks (no more than once per turn). Only one Stance effect can be active at a time.
Seize the Initiative	Attack Type: Target Object Range: 1 Energy: 14 Cooldown: 10	Applies the target with -20% Dodge Chance and -20% Block Chance until the next turn and delivers a strike to its least protected body part with +10% Accuracy and -10% Fumble Chance. If the strike does damage, activates "Seized Initiative" for 2 turns: +5% Accuracy -5% Fumble Chance -10% Cooldowns Duration -10% Skills Energy Cost Also applies the target with "Initiative Loss" for 2 turns, which penalizes the same stats. Damaging strikes and shots prolong the duration of both effects by 1 turn. "Initiative Loss" can only be active on one target at a time. Grants the skill +1 Range (if equipped with a spear) or sets its Range to that of the weapon (if equipped with a ranged weapon).
Constant Practice	Passive	Reduces the distance penalty to Accuracy (from -2% per tile to -1%). Reduces the penalties to Accuracy when shooting over small (from -15% to -10%) and medium-sized obstacles (from -30% to -20%). Reduces the Accuracy penalty to bows when shooting at adjacent targets (from -50% to -25%) and targets that are 1 tile away (from -25% to -15%).
Shoot to Kill	Passive	Grants all shots +15% Crit Efficiency, +15% Bodypart Damage, and +5% Armor Penetration for each missing 20% of the target's Health. Grants all shots +3% Crit Chance for each degree of Injury and each "Net", "Web", Stagger, and Immobilization affecting the target.
Setup	Passive	Skipping a turn, switching to another loadout, or using Stances and Maneuvers grants +5% Accuracy, -5% Damage Taken, and -5% Abilities Energy Cost for 3 turns. The effect stacks up to 2 times.