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A picture of the bowcaster

The Bowcaster is a weapon particularly favoured by Wookiees. It is a powerful, cross-bow like weapon which can fire several shots at once or be charged to fire a single shot which usually affords the user a one-shot kill.

A typical bowcaster holds a total of 210 shots, and can be put to use as a shotgun or a sniper rifle equally well. Firing the weapon uncharged will produce a line of around seven projectiles which can be devastating at close range and reasonably affective at engaging enemy infantry at a distance.

A skilled marksman will make good use of the charge feature on the weapon. Charging the weapon fires a single, but more powerful shot. This has the potential to deliver, as a regular sniper rifle would, a killing head-shot.

The weapon is also equipped with a telescopic sight, similar to that found on a sniper rifle in that it can zoom in twice to afford the user astonishing range. Combined with the accuracy of the weapon, which makes delivering a head-shot all the more likely, a skilled marksman will find that this weapon is almost essential for sniping, certainly as effective as, if not more, effective than a standard sniper rifle, in that its user can engage in close combat as well as having the capability to eliminate infantry from a considerable range, a valuable asset and devastating on the battlefield.

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 [[Image:Bowcaster.jpg|thumb|right|150px|A picture of the bowcaster]]
+The '''Bowcaster''' is a weapon particularly favoured by Wookiees. It is a powerful, cross-bow like weapon which can fire several shots at once or be charged to fire a single shot which usually affords the user a one-shot kill.
-The '''Bowcaster''' is the gun carried exclusively by the [[Wookiees|wookiee]] race.  It shoots a flat spreadshot that is fairly controlled.  The shot can be charged, and if you charge it fully, it turns into one focused shot(almost undermining what makes the gun good in the first place).  Using the bowcaster is often random and haphazard, but it is very fun and rewarding if you are good enough to score a hit.
+A typical bowcaster holds a total of 210 shots, and can be put to use as a shotgun or a sniper rifle equally well. Firing the weapon uncharged will produce a line of around seven projectiles which can be devastating at close range and reasonably affective at engaging enemy infantry at a distance.
+A skilled marksman will make good use of the charge feature on the weapon. Charging the weapon fires a single, but more powerful shot. This has the potential to deliver, as a regular sniper rifle would, a killing head-shot.
+The weapon is also equipped with a telescopic sight, similar to that found on a sniper rifle in that it can zoom in twice to afford the user astonishing range. Combined with the accuracy of the weapon, which makes delivering a head-shot all the more likely, a skilled marksman will find that this weapon is almost essential for sniping, certainly as effective as, if not more, effective than a standard sniper rifle, in that its user can engage in close combat as well as having the capability to eliminate infantry from a considerable range, a valuable asset and devastating on the battlefield.
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