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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knight-of-Roses" data-source="post: 1171671" data-attributes="member: 2577">Aaron, correct, Strength only effects load time.  Get the half orc in the party to recock all of them and you are golden.Kamrain, same thing could be said of bows too.  Yet they get Strength bonuses.New write up:    Mighty Crossbows    These crossbows are custom built using only the finest materials.  It takes exception skill to make the weapon both accurate and hard hitting.  In game terms, they must be master work in order to have a Strength Bonus to damage.    Hand and light crossbow may be improved up to a +2 Strength Bonus to damage, while the stronger heavy crossbow can be improved up to a +4 Strength Bonus to damage.  Unfortunately, these crossbows are notoriously difficult to recock).User’s Str bonus compared to Crossbow’s....Load Time+3 or more......................................................Normal0 to +2............................................................DoubledLess.................................................................TriplesIf the user’s Strength Bonus is 2 or more less than the crossbow’s Strength Bonus (3 for a heavy crossbow), then he cannot recock the crossbow at all. [This can be applied to all crossbows if one wishes, assume that a normal crossbow has a +0 Strength Bonus.]    For reloading, a standard action and a move action can be used interchangeably for hand and light crossbows.    The Rapid Reload feat drops the reload time by one level.  However, due to the difficult of reloading Strength Bonus crossbows, it can never be a free action to reload one.    Each point of Strength bonus granted by a crossbow costs 150 gold.    If using the great crossbow (from Sword and Fist/Arms and Equipment Guide), it can go up to a Strength bonus of +5 but it is considered to have a Strength bonus 1 higher for calculating reload times.  Like a heavy crossbow, someone with a Strength bonus of 3 less than the weapon’s cannot recock it at all.</blockquote>

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