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 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 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.
Headshot Headshot	Attack Type: Target Object Energy: 26 Cooldown: 30	Takes a shot at the target's head with +40% Bodypart Damage, +15% Crit Chance, and +20% Crit Efficiency. If the shot kills its target, replenishes 20% Max Energy, instantly reloads the equipped crossbow, and activates "Taking Aim" for 1 turn.
Distracting Shot Distracting Shot	Attack / Charge Type: Target Tile Range: 2 Energy: 16 Cooldown: 14	Increases Dodge Chance to 100% until the next turn and allows to perform a charge within 2 tiles. Then takes a shot at the closest target with -60% Weapon Damage and +50% Immobilization Chance. Hitting the target grants +10% Energy Restoration and +10% Dodge Chance for 5 turns and reduces cooldowns of all skills by 1 turn.
Leg Sweep Leg Sweep	Maneuver Type: Target Area Range: 1 Energy: 10 Cooldown: 8	Deals 7 Crushing Damage to three adjacent tiles with 100% Accuracy and 85% Immobilization Chance. Then allows to Reposition to an adjacent tile. The damage dealt depends on the equipped boots' Protection. Hitting a target applies it with +10% Fumble Chance, -10% Crit Chance, and -10% Weapon Damage for 3 turns. The effect stacks up to 2 times. If the target was hit by the strike and is adjacent after using the skill, with 125% chance applies it with Stagger.
Seize the Initiative 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).
Hard Target Hard Target	Passive	Each shot taken at the character grants +5% Dodge Chance for 5 turns and applies the attacker with -7.5% Accuracy for 4 turns. Both effects stack up to 4 times and trigger twice if the shot hits its target. Grants all received strikes and shots -10% Armor Penetration.
Constant Practice 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 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 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.
Spot Weakness Spot Weakness	Passive	Grants +5% Armor Penetration to "Taking Aim". Using "Taking Aim" applies all targets within Vision with -5% Physical Resistance for 4 turns. The effect stacks up to 2 times.
Precision Precision	Passive	Grants +5% Accuracy to the ability tree's Attack skills. While affected by "Taking Aim", hitting targets with shots reduces the ability tree's cooldowns by 1 turn and grants +4% Weapon Damage for 5 turns. The effect stacks up to 4 times. If equipped with a crossbow, both effects trigger twice per shot.