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<blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 6795738" data-attributes="member: 6777052">The loading restriction means that you can only load and fire a crossbow once when you take the Attack Action on your turn, even if you have a class feature that would normally give you extra attacks.You can still load and fire the crossbow as a bonus action or reaction regardless, so yes, you could potentially fire it three times per round (not sure I can think of a bonus action that grants you an extra attack, but supposing there is one, it would be okay).The Crossbow expert feat allows you to ignore the loading restriction, so you can fire it as many times as you have attacks. For example, a 5th level Fighter can make two attacks on his turn using the Attack action instead of the usual one, so he could potentially fire his crossbow 4 times per round if he had that feat.Hand crossbows get tricky because although they are one-handed weapons you need a free hand to reload them. There is a bit about this in the Sage Advice column.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BoldItalic, post: 6795738, member: 6777052"] The loading restriction means that you can only load and fire a crossbow once when you take the Attack Action on your turn, even if you have a class feature that would normally give you extra attacks. You can still load and fire the crossbow as a bonus action or reaction regardless, so yes, you could potentially fire it three times per round (not sure I can think of a bonus action that grants you an extra attack, but supposing there is one, it would be okay). The Crossbow expert feat allows you to ignore the loading restriction, so you can fire it as many times as you have attacks. For example, a 5th level Fighter can make two attacks on his turn using the Attack action instead of the usual one, so he could potentially fire his crossbow 4 times per round if he had that feat. Hand crossbows get tricky because although they are one-handed weapons you need a free hand to reload them. There is a bit about this in the Sage Advice column. [/QUOTE]

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