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Message: <blockquote data-quote="genshou" data-source="post: 2642901" data-attributes="member: 13164">In Reference to Rapid ReloadThe following feat variation is to take into account the rules for Effective Strength found in the PDF "A Discussion of Bows" referenced in post #12.Rapid Reload [General, Fighter]You can load a lever-drawn crossbow faster than normal.Benefit: When reloading a lever-drawn crossbow, you can reload as a free action that provokes an attack of opportunity if the crossbow's Effective Strength is no greater than your own Strength +2, or as a move-equivalent action that provokes an attack of opportunity if the crossbow's Effective Strength is no greater than your own Strength +4.  You still cannot load a lever-drawn crossbow if its Effective Strength is greater than your own Strength +4.Normal: Drawing back a lever-drawn crossbow is a move-equivalent action that provokes an opportunity if it's Effective Strength is no greater than your own Strength +2, or a full-round action that provokes an attack of opportunity if its Effective Strength is no greater than your own Strength +4.  You cannot load a lever-drawn crossbow if its Effective Strength is greater than your own Strength +4.Special: A fighter may select Rapid Reload as one of his fighter bonus feats.  If using this feat with 3.0 rules (or if you simply want to avoid a light crossbow being fired as fast as a semiautomatic weapon), the benefits of the feat can only be used once per round.</blockquote>

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