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<blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 8695015" data-attributes="member: 6802951">Ah. Are you starting confusion over number of hands needed Tetrasodium? If you're under the impression that, for example, swapping to and from crossbows and greatswords to make attacks in a single round is equivalent to casting a spell with a somatic component, that could explain a lot.A Character does indeed need to &quot;drop one or use multiple object interactions to go from a greatsword to a crossbow (or vice versa) even though you want to&nbsp; end with your hands in the original position.&quot; Just as you say Tetrasodium.This is because they have the two-handed property. The two-handed property requires two hands when you attack with it.Since most characters only have two hands, in order to use a crossbow when they previously had attacked with a greatsword, they will indeed need to remove the greatsword from their hands in order to use those hands on the crossbow. Thus the greatsword will indeed need to be stowed or dropped.However this discussion is about casting spells Tetrasodium. Spells do not require two hands to cast, only a single hand. Therefore you do not need to sheathe or drop a greatsword that you were using in order to cast a spell as your previous post implied.Since most characters have at least two hands, they are able to have a hand free to cast the spell and they will still have a hand available to hold the greatsword.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cap'n Kobold, post: 8695015, member: 6802951"] Ah. Are you starting confusion over number of hands needed Tetrasodium? If you're under the impression that, for example, swapping to and from crossbows and greatswords to make attacks in a single round is equivalent to casting a spell with a somatic component, that could explain a lot. A Character does indeed need to "drop one or use multiple object interactions to go from a greatsword to a crossbow [I](or vice versa)[/I] even though you want to end with your hands in the original position." Just as you say Tetrasodium. This is because they have the two-handed property. The two-handed property requires two hands when you attack with it. Since most characters only have two hands, in order to use a crossbow when they previously had attacked with a greatsword, they will indeed need to remove the greatsword from their hands in order to use those hands on the crossbow. Thus the greatsword will indeed need to be stowed or dropped. However this discussion is about [I]casting spells[/I] Tetrasodium. Spells do [I]not [/I]require two hands to cast, only a single hand. Therefore you do not need to sheathe or drop a greatsword that you were using in order to cast a spell as your previous post implied. Since most characters have at least two hands, they are able to have a hand free to cast the spell and they will still have a hand available to hold the greatsword. [/QUOTE]

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