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<blockquote data-quote="MarkB" data-source="post: 4409612" data-attributes="member: 40176">Where do you find that assumption? It goes against the concept of &quot;load free&quot;, which assumes that you are drawing and loading additional ammunition fast enough to be part of the attack action, not that you are loading up your hand crossbow with half a dozen bolts at once and firing them all at seperate targets with one pull of the trigger; and it also invalidates the use of Quick Draw for blast or burst attacks, since Quick Draw still assumes that you are throwing a weapon, then drawing and throwing another, then drawing and throwing another - it merely expedites that process to allow it to occur as part of a single attack action.I don't believe this is a distinction the authors intended to make, and 4e's rules are written in a sufficiently relaxed style that I'll give them the benefit of the doubt on this one. If you throw a magical thrown weapon as an attack, it comes back.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MarkB, post: 4409612, member: 40176"] Where do you find that assumption? It goes against the concept of "load free", which assumes that you are drawing and loading additional ammunition fast enough to be part of the attack action, [i]not[/i] that you are loading up your hand crossbow with half a dozen bolts at once and firing them all at seperate targets with one pull of the trigger; and it also invalidates the use of Quick Draw for blast or burst attacks, since Quick Draw still assumes that you are throwing a weapon, then drawing and throwing another, then drawing and throwing another - it merely expedites that process to allow it to occur as part of a single attack action. I don't believe this is a distinction the authors intended to make, and 4e's rules are written in a sufficiently relaxed style that I'll give them the benefit of the doubt on this one. If you throw a magical thrown weapon as an attack, it comes back. [/QUOTE]

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