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<blockquote data-quote="Johnny Angel" data-source="post: 6371703" data-attributes="member: 13334">Yeah, I thought it was weird how they felt the need to specify that Two Weapon Fighting was for melee weapons and then suddenly throw in the deal with thrown weapons. It made me think that excluding hand crossbows was what they had in mind in particular. Or, pistols. I seem to recall reading that there would be firearms rules in the DMG, and I wondered if there would be something for the person who wanted to be two-fisted gunslinger -- a somewhat more classic trope than dual crossbows.As a GM, I would say that yes you can apply the Two Weapon Fighting rule to hand crossbows or any other ranged weapon that's light and one-handed, but they don't offer an AC bonus with the Dual Wielder feat, and they can't be reloaded if you don't have a free hand even if you have the Crossbow Expert feat. So, you'd have to use them the way people used to use flintlock pistols -- fire them before closing in with the enemy and just drop them, to be picked up after the fight.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Johnny Angel, post: 6371703, member: 13334"] Yeah, I thought it was weird how they felt the need to specify that Two Weapon Fighting was for melee weapons and then suddenly throw in the deal with thrown weapons. It made me think that excluding hand crossbows was what they had in mind in particular. Or, pistols. I seem to recall reading that there would be firearms rules in the DMG, and I wondered if there would be something for the person who wanted to be two-fisted gunslinger -- a somewhat more classic trope than dual crossbows. As a GM, I would say that yes you can apply the Two Weapon Fighting rule to hand crossbows or any other ranged weapon that's light and one-handed, but they don't offer an AC bonus with the Dual Wielder feat, and they can't be reloaded if you don't have a free hand even if you have the Crossbow Expert feat. So, you'd have to use them the way people used to use flintlock pistols -- fire them before closing in with the enemy and just drop them, to be picked up after the fight. [/QUOTE]

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