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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7293014" data-attributes="member: 6779196"><p>This hasn’t been my experience. Versatile weapons used one-handed tend to have the largest damage dice of any one-handed weapons apart from the Rapier, so they’re still some of the best choices if you want to go weapon and shield. What the versatile ability does though is it effectively allows you to wield a two-handed weapon while keeping one hand free. Equipping and unequipping a shield isn’t practical, but for an Eldritch Knight or other gish, a versatile weapon will allow you to use be th hands on the weapon for a d10 when you attack with it, and allow you to hold your weapon one-handed while you use the other to do somatic components and handle your component pouch. They’re basically one-handed d10 weapons that drop down to d8 if you use a shield.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Either because you’re a halfling or a gnome, or because you found a magic Shortbow and don’t have a magic longbow.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Because it’s the only non-loading one-handed ammunition weapon. In other words, the only deficated ranged weapon you can use effectively in one hand while holding a melee weapon in the other. The hand crossbow is ultimately better, especially if you take Crossbow Expert, but it’s a martial weapon where the sling is simple.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If you’re a small creature and therefore can’t use a heavy crossbow, or if you have a magic light crossbow and no magic heavy crossbow, or have Crossbow Expertise and want to shoot your hand crossbow like a glock.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 7293014, member: 6779196"] This hasn’t been my experience. Versatile weapons used one-handed tend to have the largest damage dice of any one-handed weapons apart from the Rapier, so they’re still some of the best choices if you want to go weapon and shield. What the versatile ability does though is it effectively allows you to wield a two-handed weapon while keeping one hand free. Equipping and unequipping a shield isn’t practical, but for an Eldritch Knight or other gish, a versatile weapon will allow you to use be th hands on the weapon for a d10 when you attack with it, and allow you to hold your weapon one-handed while you use the other to do somatic components and handle your component pouch. They’re basically one-handed d10 weapons that drop down to d8 if you use a shield. Either because you’re a halfling or a gnome, or because you found a magic Shortbow and don’t have a magic longbow. Because it’s the only non-loading one-handed ammunition weapon. In other words, the only deficated ranged weapon you can use effectively in one hand while holding a melee weapon in the other. The hand crossbow is ultimately better, especially if you take Crossbow Expert, but it’s a martial weapon where the sling is simple. If you’re a small creature and therefore can’t use a heavy crossbow, or if you have a magic light crossbow and no magic heavy crossbow, or have Crossbow Expertise and want to shoot your hand crossbow like a glock. [/QUOTE]
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