Rangers use a minor to load?

[DarkLord Of DForce]

Okay, I have never played a Ranger class, so forgive my noobish question, but do
the Rangers have to use a Minor to Load an arrow before they do a Standard attack?

Someone was telling me this, outside of our regular campaign session, and I just
mentioned that I had never heard our ranger say he was using a minor to do this.

Just curious! Thanks gang.

 

[DracoSuave]

Okay, I have never played a Ranger class, so forgive my noobish question, but do
the Rangers have to use a Minor to Load an arrow before they do a Standard attack?

Someone was telling me this, outside of our regular campaign session, and I just
mentioned that I had never heard our ranger say he was using a minor to do this.

Just curious! Thanks gang.

Weapons with ammunition have a trait, either load minor or load free that tells you the action needed to load that weapon.

That action is only necessary after using a power with that weapon... attacks that fire multiple shots do not require that action be taken multiple times.

In the case of a ranger, most of them are sporting bows (as opposed to crossbows) which are load free, so it takes a free action to load one of them dealies.

 

[Turtlejay]

. . .and now that I know Free actions can be taken anytime, even *not* on your turn, things like this have even more narrative flavor.

I now picture our ranger prowling the battlefield, taking his time drawing two arrows at a time. . .and then firing them both in succession when he sees his opening. Reloading on someone else's turn has no mechanical effect, but it helps me think of the game in a less turn-based manner. I suppose nothing is preventing me from thinking the same about crossbows, but it just took this thread for me to see it differently.

What a retarded tangent.

Jay

 

[Regicide]

Reloading on someone else's turn has no mechanical effect, but it helps me think of the game in a less turn-based manner.

Is unloading free? You won't have a hand free on your turn if you load on someone else's.

 

[Turtlejay]

Unloading=shooting someone

right?

Jay

 

[DracoSuave]

What a retarded tangent.

Jay

I disagree, 'retarded' in this case was 'awesome' and I fully endorse it.

 

[MatthewJHanson]

Reloading on someone else's turn has no mechanical effect...
Jay

It's a nitpick, but it can actually in circumstances when you can shoot on someone else's turn (like Distruptive Strike, which is an intimidate interrupt).

 

[Mad Hamish]

Also note that there is a feat to allow reloading of a crossbow as a free action.

 

[Turtlejay]

It's a nitpick, but it can actually in circumstances when you can shoot on someone else's turn (like Distruptive Strike, which is an intimidate interrupt).

That's true. You could take a free action first though, right? And it was more a thought excercise for me anyways, I don't know of any DM that strictly enforces loading bows. That free action isn't too strictly tracked.

Jay

 

[DracoSuave]

That's true. You could take a free action first though, right? And it was more a thought excercise for me anyways, I don't know of any DM that strictly enforces loading bows. That free action isn't too strictly tracked.

Jay

Especially given that even if he did, even if he called you on it, 'You have no loaded ammo when you resolve that power' you could always respond with reloading as a free action, which can be done mid resolution of the power.