Crossbowman

The Crossbowman is a regular enemy of Pascal's Wager. Its name is a translation of the internal name 弩手 ("crossbowman"); see Enemies. It appears in Ch.3, Ch.5 and Ch.6 and has 3 attack moves (fire/physical damage). In the reference placement (Ch.3 Exilium) it has 332 HP in journey 1 and 1488 HP in journey 4. It attacks from a distance (AI range up to 20 m); it can inflict Poison (fast build-up).

Where it appears#

Each row is one area: level, HP, Physical attack and Physical defence of its placements there (a range when they differ). Reading guide: The Where it appears table.

Maze scaling#

In Deep into the Dark Mist the level comes from the maze floor, not from the placement (details).

Stats#

Reference placement: story 3, monster 3035 (Ch.3 Exilium, the area with the most placements); how to read the table: The Stats section.

Senses and rewards#

Attacks#

How to read this table (move names, attack values, Poise and Resilience damage, AI column): The Attacks table.

Other numbers from its AI file (combo start windows): Dodge: 5-7 m, 60 deg.

Reaction and utility moves: dodge (#102); threat roar (#106); alert (#109); idle (#110); spawn animation 1 (#114).

Drops#

Rolls, groups and lists work as described in The Drops section.

Group Ch.6 #60096, Ch.5 #50096 (used by 21 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.3 #30004 (used by 14 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.3 #30097 (used by 14 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.3 #30096 (used by 14 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.6 #60003 (used by 12 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.6 #60093 (used by 12 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.5 #50004 (used by 9 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.5 #50097 (used by 7 placement-rolls)

1 further drop groups (rarer ones) are in build/wiki/data/enemies/drops_20019.json.

Hidden mechanics#

• Scaling. Level 8 / 33 / 59 / 72 in the reference placement for journeys 1-4 (fixed per placement, rising with each New Game Plus journey); HP goes from 332 to 1488 (x4.5) and Physical attack from 171 to 844 by journey 4. Poise and Resilience never scale; the rule is in How enemy stats are built.
• Dark Mist levels. Its 1 placement in the Dark Mist scenes (stories 101-105) takes its level from your hero, not from the table (Dark Mist enemies scale with your hero). The table level is 8 in journey 1 and 1 in journeys 2-4, so from journey 2 on the level is your Altar Level + 11.
• Fixed level. 1 of its 36 chapter placements keep the same level (1) in all four journeys, so those copies do not get stronger in New Game Plus apart from their fixed bonuses.
• Status effects. Its moves can apply: Poison (fast build-up) (see Status effects).

See How to read the enemy pages for what the sections mean and How enemy stats are built for the stat rules.

Sources#

• es_storymonster.lua: 124 rows with HeroId 20019 (stories 3, 5, 6, 10, 103, 302, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 407, 408, 409 ...); es_storymonsterproperty.lua rows for the same story/monster ids; es_herodata.lua row HeroId 20019; es_heropropertydata.lua rows HeroId 20019; es_enemyattributedata.lua (attribute point to property curves).
• Moves: es_skilldata.lua rows HeroId 20019 (_id 1026-1036); AI tables logic/ai/behaviour/attack/attack20019.lua; move names gamedata/playerdefine/hero20019_define.lua.
• Shared rules (stat formula, drop roll, Dark Mist level rule, AI senses): see the Sources of Enemies.