Bolts (Heartstake)

Quantity: 5
Cost: 100 gp
Weight: 3 lbs.
Damage: — (small), — (medium)
Critical: —
Range: —
Type: Piercing
Category: Ammunition
Proficiency: —
Weapon Groups —
Special: —

Specially crafted from solid Darkwood, heartstake bolts are specifically designed to slay vampires. A heartstake bolt can be fired from any crossbow, but it imposes a –2 penalty on the attack roll and halves the range increment of the weapon. A Vampire struck with a heartstake bolt takes the normal damage but must also succeed at a DC 20 Fortitude saving throw or fall to the ground Helpless for 1 round. While the Vampire is Helpless in this manner, a creature can attempt to use the heartstake bolt to finish off the Vampire by driving it through the Vampire's heart as a Full-Round Action. Once the debilitating effect of the heartstake bolt has ended, the Vampire can pull out the bolt as a Move Action. A Vampire slain with a heartstake bolt is subject to the rules and limitations of slaying a Vampire with a wooden stake as described under Vampire weaknesses .

A heartstake bolt deals normal damage for the crossbow of its type.