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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Khaalis" data-source="post: 6392316" data-attributes="member: 2167">Argh. Damn it. I thought I fixed this. The issue was drawing material from 2 sources and being lazy in not reinventing the rules myself. /kicks selfI need to go back and fix "Slow Load" now that I really look at it again.Slow LoadI like that Proficiency makes the weapon easier to load. So with that if Non-Proficiency requires 3 actions, then Proficiency by all accounts should reduce it to 2 actions. By RAW, this means 2-3 "actions" not "actions or bonus actions", thus 2-3 turns to reload. Makes sense.However, there is then the question of the pistol, which is in reality quicker to load (no use of the ramming rod). So that would mean Non-Proficiency requires 2 actions and Proficiency requires 1 action (the same as a crossbow).Also, going back and rereading the existing PHB feats, I feel we need to remove the reference to Sharpshooter as the source for improved load. In fact, this should actually require a new feat.So this bring us to the following changes.Slow Load.     This property is the same as Loading (p147 PHB), except that two-handed weapons with this property require 3 actions to reload if the individual is not proficient in their use or 2 actions if proficient.  Light weapons with this property require 2 actions to reload if the individual is not proficient in their use or 1 action if proficient, thus turning Slow Load into simply the Loading quality.FIREARMS EXPERTThanks to extensive practice with the firearms, you gain the following benefits:* You reduce the number of actions required to load a firearm by 1. In the case of proficient users, this turns Slow Load into Loading (p147 PHB) for two-handed firearms and allows you to ignore the Loading quality of Light firearms.* Being within 5 feet of a hostile creature doesn't impose disadvantage on your ranged attack rolls.* When you use the Attack action and attack with a one-handed weapon, you can use a bonus action to attack with a loaded Light firearm you are holding. The Firearms Fighting Style remains the same. As it is worded it now, it allows you to use a "Bonus Action" as if it were an "action" for the purposes of loading. Thus a fighter with this style can reload a two-handed firearm in 1 turn by using an Action and a Bonus Action to do so, or reload a Light firearm as a Bonus Action each round.</blockquote>

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