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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NotAYakk" data-source="post: 8010321" data-attributes="member: 72555">Crossbow Expert is a reasonable thing to ask to apply to pistols.You get1. You can make ranged attacks in melee range without disadvantage2. If you make an attack with a weapon, you can make a hand crossbow attack with a loaded hand crossbow as a bonus action.3. Crossbow specific stuff.If we extend 2 to work with pistols, this does what you want, at a modest cost.However on a battlesmith, getting your iron defender to attack requires a bonus action.  So don't do this.A rapier+pistol works reasonably well; use pistol at range, rapier at melee.  Use bonus action on your pet.That being said I personally rewrote the two weapon fighting as follows:(the only offhand weapon is a dagger)If you used the above rule, you could cut with the rapier, fire the pistol, bonus fire the pistol (no attribute to damage).(The second point is worded so that you cannot double-xbow-expert even with auto-loading crossbows, but permits TWF to stack with frenzy, war cleric, quickened booming blade, and other bonus action melee weapon attacks.)</blockquote>