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Amechra
2019-10-04, 11:00 PM
Do Hand Crossbows count as "one-handed" weapons? In other words, could you fire twice with your Hand Crossbow and then follow it up by attacking with the same crossbow as a bonus action?
chainer1216
2019-10-04, 11:03 PM
As long as you have a free hand to reload, yes.
Amechra
2019-10-04, 11:14 PM
As long as you have a free hand to reload, yes.

Excellent. Grammaton Cleric Fighter/Monk is a go, then :p.
Warlush
2019-10-31, 11:27 AM
As long as you have a free hand to reload, yes.

Doesn't CBE let you ignore the loading property?
Contrast
2019-10-31, 11:42 AM
Doesn't CBE let you ignore the loading property?

It doesn't let you ignore the ammunition property though.
Neoh
2019-10-31, 11:59 AM
Doesn't CBE let you ignore the loading property?


It doesn't let you ignore the ammunition property though.

Contrast is right and Hand Crossbows are already strong enough, you don't need a shield on top of that.

Loading
Because of the time required to load this weapon, you can fire only one piece of Ammunition from it when you use an action, Bonus Action, or Reaction to fire it, regardless of the number of attacks you can normally make.

Ammunition
You can use a weapon that has the Ammunition property to make a ranged Attack only if you have Ammunition to fire from the weapon. Each time you Attack with the weapon, you expend one piece of Ammunition. Drawing the Ammunition from a Quiver, case, or other container is part of the Attack (you need a free hand to load a one-handed weapon).