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<blockquote data-quote="famousringo" data-source="post: 7671558" data-attributes="member: 6792445"><p>To add to your argument, here's a guy loading and firing a replica of a 16th century hand crossbow:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/se_N8CrooPY" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/se_N8CrooPY</a></p><p></p><p>It takes him both hands, though I could imagine using a "between the knees" maneuver or a belt clip of some kind to brace it, but it still takes him over 30 seconds to arm the thing.</p><p></p><p>This is why verisimilitude arguments about crossbows don't carry much weight with me. 5th ed combat rules in general, and especially crossbow rules, are hugely detached from the reality of medieval combat before you even get to the Crossbow Expert feat. The idea that anyone could arm a crossbow even once in a 6 second period is absurd. Once every 3, 2, 1.5 seconds? Just as crazy as doing it all one-handed.</p><p></p><p>More compelling is the argument that a Crossbow Expert + Sharpshooter meets or exceeds the performance of a melee fighter in every respect if allowed to load one-handed, but it seems to me that's a problem that should be fixed by changing the feat, not by changing the loading rules. The fact that people can design goofy scenarios where melee + hand crossbow still works as long as the character is constantly sheathing or dropping his/her weapon completely undermines the idea that this ruling somehow improves verisimilitude.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="famousringo, post: 7671558, member: 6792445"] To add to your argument, here's a guy loading and firing a replica of a 16th century hand crossbow: [url]https://youtu.be/se_N8CrooPY[/url] It takes him both hands, though I could imagine using a "between the knees" maneuver or a belt clip of some kind to brace it, but it still takes him over 30 seconds to arm the thing. This is why verisimilitude arguments about crossbows don't carry much weight with me. 5th ed combat rules in general, and especially crossbow rules, are hugely detached from the reality of medieval combat before you even get to the Crossbow Expert feat. The idea that anyone could arm a crossbow even once in a 6 second period is absurd. Once every 3, 2, 1.5 seconds? Just as crazy as doing it all one-handed. More compelling is the argument that a Crossbow Expert + Sharpshooter meets or exceeds the performance of a melee fighter in every respect if allowed to load one-handed, but it seems to me that's a problem that should be fixed by changing the feat, not by changing the loading rules. The fact that people can design goofy scenarios where melee + hand crossbow still works as long as the character is constantly sheathing or dropping his/her weapon completely undermines the idea that this ruling somehow improves verisimilitude. [/QUOTE]
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