Indeed, ranged weapons (meaning crossbows) do the same damage as melee weapons. However, the Crossbow Expert feat provides the same benefit (being able to add your Ability modifier for the bonus attack)! So why would you ever take this fighting style? It seems as if despite the differences in "looks" and in properties, all crossbows operate identically:ĭespite the hand crossbow being light you can't actually dual wield it (rules on two-weapon fighting says "melee")?!ĭespite the hand crossbow not being two-handed you can't actually dual wield it?! (You can't reload if you hold two one-handed weapons, but you can if you hold one two-handed weapon)Ĥ) There is a fighting style available to select classes called "Two-Weapon Fighting Style" you would think is aimed for the character that want to dual wield. But then they go ahead and errata Two-handed: "This property is relevant only when you attack with the weapon, not when you simply hold it." Beyond the inelegant inexactness this would indicate you could indeed hold it with one hand while the other reloads it!?ģb) the Light property of hand crossbows is also completely inexplicable, since 3b-I) the rules on two-weapon fighting specifically allows only melee light weapons! 3b-II) the crossbow expert feat allows the equivalent of two-weapon fighting for hand crossbows specifically rather than "all light crossbows"!
You would think it would make regular crossbows impossible to use for serious fighters (since, being two-handed, you wouldn't have the free hand needed to reload them). Let's see if I got the basic facts straight:ġ) The first (of many ) elephants in the room: the so-called light crossbow is not actually Light.Ģ) Regular crossbows (light and heavy) are two-handed while Hand Crossbows are not two-handed and instead Light.ģa) the errata on Ammunition says "you must have a free hand to reload", is there any distinction then of a weapon also having the Two-handed property? I have found several threads, but decided against posting in any of them, since I really am not arguing against anyone in particular. They give me a headache too.īut since one of my players have selected a hand crossbow build, going for the crossbow expert and sharpshooter feats, I really need to sort this out for myself.
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