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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 9712636" data-attributes="member: 7030563">No.  Can you load ammo into your Longbow ahead of time and then walk around with a "loaded" Longbow held in one hand?  The bolt would fall off the rail if you put it into a holster, or let it hang from a sling or for that matter if you did anything other than hold it up and concentrate on carefully balancing it.This argument makes logical sense for guns and perhaps slings and blowguns, but not crossbows or bows and just because it makes logical sense does not make it RAW even for those weapons where it is logical.The rules do say that loading the crossbow is part of the attack and a free hand is needed to do it.What you are suggesting is that a free hand is not required if the crossbow is loaded ahead of time, out of combat.  The rules do not support that interpretation.   The rules say loading the crossbow IS part of the attack and that does make sense.The rules say you need to load it when you make an attack with it, not before shooting.</blockquote>