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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rgoodbb" data-source="post: 7023322" data-attributes="member: 6801229">I will be using a violin for my bard’s instrument and focus While weaving arcane magic through the music of my violin, I skew the music with a rendition of Bane to put my attackers off their game. But then I want to take a shot at an enemy with my light crossbow. Does the music stop as I scrabble to exchange one item for another? I then cast Thunderwave through a horrible screeching distortion of my violin. I need to pick that back up while dropping the crossbow. Do I have to stop playing and put the violin down? Is that what the verbal only component of Vicious Mockery is actually intended for? I can’t get my head round the actions needed. The violin is obviously going to be 2 handed but the light crossbow 1 handed to fire, but 2 handed to reload I am not a Variant Human and so will not be spending any ASI’s on any feats, so things like Crossbow Expert are definitely out. What is rules legal and is it a case of just suspending disbelief? (Something I am happy to do), or I choose one and not the other. By the way, the violin is non-negotiable. If proving inefficient, the crossbow will have to go. It seems strange that other casters have items that only use one hand. Some can have symbols worn thus taking no hands to use, but the bard has to use both hands for the majority of instruments. (I’m well aware that finger cymbals, mini drums attached to the body etc. offer one handed options.) Can anyone clarify if the action economy can let me use the crossbow as intended above or it is totally inefficient/not doable? Many thanks for any replies.</blockquote>

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