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3.5 - Help out with a dual-wielding hand crossbow fighter
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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5825503" data-attributes="member: 35909"><p>From here: <a href="http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148101" target="_blank">[3.x] Shax's Indispensible Haversack (Equipment Handbook) - Giant in the Playground Forums</a></p><p></p><p>"Glove of the Master Strategist</p><p> Price: 3600 GP</p><p> Weight: --</p><p> (Ghostwalk p. 71)</p><p>Everything a Glove of Storing can do, plus true strike 1/day, without the horrendous 3.5 price increase. And yes, there was a 3.5 update released for Ghostwalk, and the price stayed the same, so it's official. Allows you to swap out whatever's in your hand as a free action, up to 20 pounds (which would include the haversack, if you were so inclined). Also a nifty way to get your hand free to draw an item from your haversack, throw a grenade-like weapon, or swap a melee weapon for a ranged weapon. Since it stores an item in stasis, it can also be used to store torches or other alchemical items with specific durations, such as a Focusing Candle, Hearthfire, Fire Beetle Lamp, or possibly a Chaos Flask that have been shaped into something else."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Basically, glove of storing used to cost a LOT less in 3.0, but like many magic items got nerfed hard for reasons that no one can fathom. This item, which is like glove of storing, but better (true strike 1/day) got a 3.5 update w/o the price increase. So, you free action put one xbow away, reload the other, put it away, reload the first, take the 2nd out, rinse, repeat...</p><p></p><p>For only 7200 gp (you'll need 2, unless your DM lets you switch what hand is on a crossbow as a free action many times per round as well) it'll let you get over the "need a hand to reload" problem very easily. And it'll look damned cool.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 5825503, member: 35909"] From here: [url=http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148101][3.x] Shax's Indispensible Haversack (Equipment Handbook) - Giant in the Playground Forums[/url] "Glove of the Master Strategist Price: 3600 GP Weight: -- (Ghostwalk p. 71) Everything a Glove of Storing can do, plus true strike 1/day, without the horrendous 3.5 price increase. And yes, there was a 3.5 update released for Ghostwalk, and the price stayed the same, so it's official. Allows you to swap out whatever's in your hand as a free action, up to 20 pounds (which would include the haversack, if you were so inclined). Also a nifty way to get your hand free to draw an item from your haversack, throw a grenade-like weapon, or swap a melee weapon for a ranged weapon. Since it stores an item in stasis, it can also be used to store torches or other alchemical items with specific durations, such as a Focusing Candle, Hearthfire, Fire Beetle Lamp, or possibly a Chaos Flask that have been shaped into something else." Basically, glove of storing used to cost a LOT less in 3.0, but like many magic items got nerfed hard for reasons that no one can fathom. This item, which is like glove of storing, but better (true strike 1/day) got a 3.5 update w/o the price increase. So, you free action put one xbow away, reload the other, put it away, reload the first, take the 2nd out, rinse, repeat... For only 7200 gp (you'll need 2, unless your DM lets you switch what hand is on a crossbow as a free action many times per round as well) it'll let you get over the "need a hand to reload" problem very easily. And it'll look damned cool. [/QUOTE]
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