Dark Elves in the Frozen City

[Commander Carnage]

I would like to make up a Dark Elf warband. I'm planning to use the normal stats for the warband but am wondering about what a hand crossbow might look like stat wise in Frostgrave. Any ideas?

[snitcythedog]

am wondering about what a hand crossbow might look like stat wise in Frostgrave. Any ideas?

Why over think it.  Just use it as a crossbow. 

[Commander Carnage]

They are pretty small and almost all of the old models have them.

[Historiker]

In that case you could just disregard the hand-crossbow entirely?

I have used old Dark Elf Metal Minis as "Thieves" In Frostgrave an no other player ever complained

[Coenus Scaldingus]

They are pretty small and almost all of the old models have them.

Used as a normal missile weapon, perhaps a regular bow would be a better match - less powerful than a normal crossbow and faster to shoot.

If you want something that can be used by more different soldiers, you would have to make it some kind of optional item you could acquire for them along the way... Not sure if there's anything that works there - are potions of the "explosive cocktail" type still a thing? (I know the potion table was revised in a supplement and in the 2nd edition). The molotov cocktail may seem a strange representation, but it's one of the few missile attacks that can be added on, and I could envision it as representing the soldier emptying a magazine into all targets within a certain area once per game. The medium range fits nicely there. Getting a bunch of these potions wouldn't be too difficult if you start with the brew potion spell and buy a few of them between games (they used to be fairly cheap at least, don't have the new rules at hand yet - assuming you are talking about the new edition that is).

[hummus]

you could use javelineers from thaw of the lich lord to represent them.

[Commander Carnage]

Excellent ideas, thanks