Ethereal Crossbow

The Ethereal Crossbow is a weapon from Heretic. It is a stringless wooden crossbow that fires glowing green bolts (Ethereal Arrows) for ammunition. When fired, it launches a spread of three bolts, the central one being more powerful than the other two and, unlike the bolts at the side, can damage ghost monsters, which makes it roughly equivalent to Doom's shotgun. All three bolts auto-aim seperately, making the weapon more accurate when pointed at an enemy at midrange than when firing at a wall or at long range. Under the influence of a Tome of Power, its rate of fire is slightly faster, and it fires a spread of five bolts, three of which are capable of damaging ghosts. Maximum capacity is 50 shots, or 100 with the Bag of Holding. it should be noted that against ghost enemies, the bolts from the sides do not hit ghost monsters,thus making the crossbow slightly less effective against ghosts.

Strategy
the crossbow is probably the best weapon in heretic.its deliver medium to high damage against all enemies at medium-close combat.the crossbow still effective at longer ranges,but no as effective as other weapons like dragonclaw and the hellstaff.the advantage of the crossbow on other weapons is that its allow the player to strafe and dodge incoming projectiles while still aim and hit the enemies without taking any damage.