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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kerbarian" data-source="post: 6356657" data-attributes="member: 40393">The Crossbow Expert feat was changed slightly from the Alpha.  Its last bullet point now reads "When you use the Attack action and attack with a one-handed weapon, you can use a bonus action to attack with a loaded hand crossbow you are holding." (emphasis added).  The "loaded" is new.My guess at the intent of this is to prevent a character from attacking with a hand crossbow (a one-handed weapon) and then taking a bonus attack with the same hand crossbow.  Except... does it?  Drawing ammunition is part of the attack with an ammunition weapon -- is this supposed to be an exception such that you can't draw ammunition as part of the bonus attack?If so, could you use your "interact with an object" to load the hand crossbow between your regular attack and your bonus attack?  That would prevent you from drawing your crossbow (or opening a door, etc.) and taking the bonus attack in the same round.  A feat that would make you trade off attacks vs. interacting with the environment doesn't seem like something they would have intentionally added to 5E.Maybe I'm reading too much into this.  Any thoughts on whether you can use the same hand crossbow for both your regular and bonus attacks with Crossbow Expert?</blockquote>