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<blockquote data-quote="clearstream" data-source="post: 7229659" data-attributes="member: 71699">I'm open to the idea that it is still too strong. Another take on it below.Crossbow Expert (adds expertise to crossbows, and pays off light crossbow with a bonus attack)When using a crossbow with which you are proficient, you can add half your proficiency bonus again, rounded down, to attack rolls you make with it, and your full proficiency bonus to the damage roll. When you use the Attack action to attack with a one-handed weapon, you can use a bonus action to load and attack with a hand crossbow you are holding. Being within 5 feet of a hostile creature doesn’t impose disadvantage on attack rolls you make with hand crossbows.At 1st through 8th level you are trading AC +1, Initiative +1, Save +1, and several skill/tool adds, for 1 or 2 points of damage and a possible bonus attack with a hand crossbow. (Because you'd get +1 attack / +1 damage with an ASI anyway!)At 9th to 12th it starts to look equal to the ASI. Until at 17th it is likely better than an ASI. But not by all that much. Where it would shine is in combination with Archery and/or Sharpshooter, or for a character that already has 20 Dexterity.Balance-wise, I feel this cuts things so fine that it's hard to tell if the ASI or the feat is better. Probably the feat if you will use hand crossbow. Probably the ASI until at least 9th level if not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="clearstream, post: 7229659, member: 71699"] I'm open to the idea that it is still too strong. Another take on it below. [B]Crossbow Expert[/B] [I](adds expertise to crossbows, and pays off light crossbow with a bonus attack)[/I] When using a crossbow with which you are proficient, you can add half your proficiency bonus again, rounded down, to attack rolls you make with it, and your full proficiency bonus to the damage roll. When you use the Attack action to attack with a one-handed weapon, you can use a bonus action to load and attack with a hand crossbow you are holding. Being within 5 feet of a hostile creature doesn’t impose disadvantage on attack rolls you make with hand crossbows. At 1st through 8th level you are trading AC +1, Initiative +1, Save +1, and several skill/tool adds, for 1 or 2 points of damage and a possible bonus attack with a hand crossbow. (Because you'd get +1 attack / +1 damage with an ASI anyway!) At 9th to 12th it starts to look equal to the ASI. Until at 17th it is likely better than an ASI. But not by all that much. Where it would shine is in combination with Archery and/or Sharpshooter, or for a character that already has 20 Dexterity. Balance-wise, I feel this cuts things so fine that it's hard to tell if the ASI or the feat is better. Probably the feat if you will use hand crossbow. Probably the ASI until at least 9th level if not. [/QUOTE]

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