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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Infiniti2000" data-source="post: 2805881" data-attributes="member: 31734">I didn't misunderstand.  At least, if I did, I didn't realize it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Drawing your bow is part of the using the weapon, not part of drawing the ammunition.  Drawing the ammunition will always only take 1 hand.  You're combining the firing of the bow with drawing the ammunition and I don't agree that that comparison is legitimate.Firing a bow takes two hands.  Drawing the ammunition takes 1.Drawing a weapon, on the other hand, takes one hand (for a one-handed weapon at least, e.g. dagger).  Yet, why is drawing a weapon a move action while drawing ammunition a free action?  The answer is obviously for game play.  I don't think anyone could reasonably present an argument that doing one is faster than the other (and please don't try on my account because I've heard it all already -- I'm not interested in that futile discussion).Continuing, switching hands takes two hands (obviously), and requires IMO much more concentration (if not time) than merely drawing a weapon in one hand.  You can equate it to ammunition instead, but as I said I think that's a fallacy. Sounds reasonable to me.  What's the hassle in just drawing the weapon to the hand(s) you want to use it in?  I see no problem in this at all.Yes, IMC. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Not really, but it's not the style of play I want or like.  If the sorcerer (better example) casts a metamagic spell for the full 6 seconds, why should he be able to stop a grapple that (theoretically) occurs in the middle of his casting?  Apparently most of the people here choose to ignore simultaneity, but when/where it's easily feasible, I do not.</blockquote>

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