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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6641815" data-attributes="member: 42582">1st level only with human variant, I think. Otherwise 4th?At 4th level, if a character shoots one hand crossbow then (via the feat) shoots another as a bonus action, we're talking two reloads in 6 seconds. Classically, a 4th level fighter was a Hero. This is a character who probably has more hit points than a lion and who, if wearing armour, has a good chance of defeating a lion in hand-to-hand combat (say +6 to hit vs AC 12 for 4 damage on a hit, meaning 3 DPR, meaning 9 rounds to drop the lion, who in that time (assuming AC 18 for the PC) will hit 9*(9/20) = 4 times for a total of 28 damage, not quite making it through the PCs likely 30 to 32 hit points (assuming a CON of 12).I can imagine that character loading each of his/her hand crossbows - either by using a hand holding a crossbow to also draw the bowstring and place the bolt (someone upthread mentioned that waiters can carry more than two classes at the same time - I'm applying the same principle), by drawing the string with a hook on his/her belt or scabbard or something similar, by dropping one of the crossbows then picking it up again without dislodging the bolt, etc.</blockquote>