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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kerbarian" data-source="post: 6356980" data-attributes="member: 40393">Hmm.  Assuming it works, hand crossbow plus shield seems more effective all around than TWF when you take the feats for each.  You'd have both higher damage (e.g. 2d6 + 6 vs 2d8 + 3) and higher AC (shield vs. +1 AC).  If you add in the fighting styles (Archery vs. TWF) it becomes dependent on enemy AC, but I think the crossbow stays ahead.Plus you get to attack freely at either point blank or range, which is huge.  You'd lose out on opportunity attacks, though.Hand crossbow plus shield is not what I'd call an iconic fighting style.  I think it's probably better for the game if Crossbow Expert lets you dual-wield hand crossbows but not go crossbow plus shield, but it looks like the feat allows it.</blockquote>