I want a crossbow that shoots exploding swords

[Captnq]

The icechucker allows you to shoot javelins.

I figure I could add exploding, then add quickloading so it has extra-dimensional space to store ammunition.

But I want to be able to load in any weapon and fire it. I want to shoot exploding two-handed greatswords. I want to load anything you want into it and shoot it, where upon it explodes when it hits.

Besides just making it up, is there anything I'm missing?

[Sinfire Titan]

That would get expensive fast. Why not just use Launch Bolt to fire trees at people?

[Raineh Daze]

That would get expensive fast. Why not just use Launch Bolt to fire trees at people?

Style?

[phaedrusxy]

Morphing, Sizing Arrows?

[Captnq]

That would get expensive fast. Why not just use Launch Bolt to fire trees at people?

Actually, that has possibility. I could put Launch Bolt on a Crossbow and explain that it allows you to shoot whatever you load into the crossbow. Launch Bolt is a 0 level, so that's 1/2 x 1/2 x 2000 or 500 gp for unlimited use. It wouldn't be that far from the original intent.

[Captnq]

Morphing, Sizing Arrows?

I thought about morphing Shuriken. But I was hoping for something more... elegant.

[Sinfire Titan]

That would get expensive fast. Why not just use Launch Bolt to fire trees at people?

Actually, that has possibility. I could put Launch Bolt on a Crossbow and explain that it allows you to shoot whatever you load into the crossbow. Launch Bolt is a 0 level, so that's 1/2 x 1/2 x 2000 or 500 gp for unlimited use. It wouldn't be that far from the original intent.

You're still looking at launching a +3 weapon as ammunition, which means it is subject to being destroyed due to the inherent problem with ammunition. Outside of Epic levels or Wish economy, that is hideously expensive (and you really could be doing more at the Epic levels than firing greatswords out of a crossbow).

[Captnq]

It's an epic level campaign, yet the PCs will steal the locks off of doors to sell them for parts. Seriously.

I'm working out a Bag Guy Team and I want the gnome (For some reason, the players hate gnomes. I mean, they voted to ban them as a player race. Go Fig.) to shoot a crossbow that shoots Magic weapons and they blow up as they hit. Maybe extra damage for every +1 Bonus they have or something. It's basically because:

1. A crossbow that shoots exploding swords is awesome.
2. I want the party to cringe when I tell them a 72,000 gp sword that missed just exploded against the wall behind them.

Addendum: I figure I'll keep the WBL down by making it anything that gets loaded into the Quick-loading extra-dimensional space cannot be removed and thus becomes "ammo". and is 1/50th the cost. Only a wish can get a weapon out.

[zook1shoe]

Harpoons are scary, just have em attached by wire to a giant boulder in the quick loading hole, then you could have gnome not have to make a Str check to hold em.

use the weapon ability that shoots them through people. Then they need to sunder the wire for several of them to escape.

that'll make em think twice.

drowcraft makes em useless for treasure

[Nagukuk]

Wasn't there an exploding spike in the A&EG ? maybe base the explosion on that?

Make the weapons spell storing and put some epic spells in them then shoot them hehe..

Have the epic spell an aoe that damages/destroys/sunders the sword while doing damage to the target.

dont forget

Load a "grenade launcher" under the crossbow with a sphere of annil-hation .. you know just in case 

make the xbow splitting ( more bouuullets ) then explain how the expensive swords are duplicated AND THEN destroyed hehe 

[Arz]

Maybe Archer from the FSN thread will give you some ideas.

[Bearchucks]

I seem to recall a story about a runecaster doing something similar.

http://www.minmaxboards.com/index.php?topic=6804.msg108662#msg108662

Well, it was an arrowsplit rune, but I think that might add an additional degree of effectiveness for the crossbow.  Maybe a Gate rune so it doesn't shoot swords, it shoots a crossbow bolt and a pit fiend.