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<blockquote data-quote="Coredump" data-source="post: 6607340" data-attributes="member: 6939">Sure, because the rules call it a &quot;hand crossbow&quot;, and I know what a hand crossbow is, how it operates, and how it is loaded.&nbsp; Thus when the rules tell me what the item is, it is providing a lot of other useful information.Just like when a spell refers to a &quot;tree&quot; we gain all sorts of information, even though they don't bother to explicitly define every aspect of a tree, nor do they even clarify that a forest is full of trees......The handbow is a one handed weapon, so it can be fired with one hand.&nbsp; Nothing in the rules says it can be loaded with only one hand. Nothing in the rules over-rides what we already know about how a handbow is loaded.To be fair, nothing in the rules explicitly says it takes two hands. So if you want to ignore how handbows are normally loaded, you would not be breaking and RAW statements.Oh, and because Crawford has tweeted multiple times taking the same stance I am taking.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Coredump, post: 6607340, member: 6939"] Sure, because the rules call it a "hand crossbow", and I know what a hand crossbow is, how it operates, and how it is loaded. Thus when the rules tell me what the item is, it is providing a lot of other useful information. Just like when a spell refers to a "tree" we gain all sorts of information, even though they don't bother to explicitly define every aspect of a tree, nor do they even clarify that a forest is full of trees...... The handbow is a one handed weapon, so it can be fired with one hand. Nothing in the rules says it can be loaded with only one hand. Nothing in the rules over-rides what we already know about how a handbow is loaded. To be fair, nothing in the rules explicitly says it takes two hands. So if you want to ignore how handbows are normally loaded, you would not be breaking and RAW statements. Oh, and because Crawford has tweeted multiple times taking the same stance I am taking. [/QUOTE]

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