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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5530521" data-attributes="member: 82106">The simpler solution would be to use a double weapon. This has several advantages. First of all if you are not a TBF ranger you would need to be using an off-hand weapon in the second hand anyway, so using a double sword is zero disadvantage. Secondly you can have a more effective enchantment on your sword since it doesn't have to be a Paired Weapon. You also avoid all the possible arguments about exactly when you can split the weapon.So in that case it is just Minor action: Stow BowMinor action: draw double swordand of course with Quick Draw you can reduce that all to just one minor action to stow and a standard to draw and attack (and again avoid any arguments about whether Quick Draw + Twin Strike lets you draw 2 weapons etc).Granted double weapons are a bit hokey in a way, but if it bugs you just fluff it as a special rig that lets you draw/sheath both quickly and allows an enchantment to work on both. Certainly the design objective of double weapons was exactly to smooth out this kind of thing and remove some of the extra cost associated with a ranger needing 3 enchanted weapons to be maximally effective. Of course if you ARE a TBF ranger then you're taking a small DPR hit using a double weapon vs 2 bastard swords or the like. Still, it might be worth it if you switch a lot. I'd note though that these days there are a pretty hefty number of ways to simply make bow use in close combat perfectly feasible.</blockquote>

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