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<blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 6541455" data-attributes="member: 59506"><p>First, I said the loading property does NOT focus on hands at all. That means no accession has been made in the rules for a same-hand load. Common sense prevails in this case.</p><p></p><p>Second, the load property description leads off with "Because of the TIME required to load this weapon..."</p><p></p><p>It most certainly does focus on time.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I agree with all of this; though contingent upon having a hand available to load the weapon with. There's just no getting around that, and nothing in the rules or feats that negate this.</p><p></p><p>So, holding one hand-crossbow, AND having a hand free to load it, you can reload it and shoot it again in the same round, if you have a reason for a bonus action or extra attack...exactly as the Crossbow Expert Feat intended.</p><p></p><p>However, holding two hand-crossbows, you can shoot both...again, if you have a reason for a bonus action or extra attack...but can only reload one that same turn, and only do so by dropping one of them.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No it isn't. It's only the exact same result if you drop one of the hand-crossbows after having shot it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You go right ahead. It's your game and your table (unless playing with another DM).</p><p></p><p>You can do anything you want in your game.</p><p></p><p>I'm simply not going to tell you that it's RAW when it's not.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Enjoy your game. I'm done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="El Mahdi, post: 6541455, member: 59506"] First, I said the loading property does NOT focus on hands at all. That means no accession has been made in the rules for a same-hand load. Common sense prevails in this case. Second, the load property description leads off with "Because of the TIME required to load this weapon..." It most certainly does focus on time. I agree with all of this; though contingent upon having a hand available to load the weapon with. There's just no getting around that, and nothing in the rules or feats that negate this. So, holding one hand-crossbow, AND having a hand free to load it, you can reload it and shoot it again in the same round, if you have a reason for a bonus action or extra attack...exactly as the Crossbow Expert Feat intended. However, holding two hand-crossbows, you can shoot both...again, if you have a reason for a bonus action or extra attack...but can only reload one that same turn, and only do so by dropping one of them. No it isn't. It's only the exact same result if you drop one of the hand-crossbows after having shot it. You go right ahead. It's your game and your table (unless playing with another DM). You can do anything you want in your game. I'm simply not going to tell you that it's RAW when it's not. Enjoy your game. I'm done. [/QUOTE]
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