Sacred Haven of Debauchery

Leveling up the crossbow is a useful thing. The guy in the house near the lake, who also gives the quest for the old stone tablets, definitely raises Strength to over 105 (if I'm not mistaken). In general, I leveled up the two-handed weapon for my paladin because later you get the Claw of Belial and can defeat everyone.

I don't see much point in leveling up the crossbow anymore. The damage is much less than from melee weapons; you can waste a lot of time trying to shoot some creature from an unreachable position. I did this a couple of times before, but it's not very profitable anymore. But in general, I'll probably level it up by thirty or forty points. Although it would be better to invest those points in brewing potions for stats. A magical crossbow is a different story, but I only have ten bolts for it, and I don't know where to get more.

Strength is already very expensive – 4 points per point, let's see. But weapon skill can be almost brought up to a hundred with the stone tablets.

I wrote about the Claw; I threw it away. By the way, it turned into a one-handed weapon when I tried to enchant it, which is very generous of the developers for min-maxers.