dual-wielding light crossbows

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#1

Litania84it

Jul 06, 2014 22:20:47

The rules for dual-wielding specify LIGHT and MEELEE as prerequisites.

Hand crossbow is light, but not meelee. Could I still dual-wield them? Or at least a short sword and a hand crossbow? could I attack with one each?

 

I understand the rules about the loading property, but I was working on a feat for crossbow specialists that allows to get around it, so I wasn't considering it.

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pauln6

Jul 07, 2014 0:26:59

Litania84it wrote:
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pukunui

Jul 07, 2014 0:44:30

pauln6 wrote:
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pauln6

Jul 07, 2014 0:45:54

pukunui wrote:
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pukunui

Jul 07, 2014 0:52:43

pauln6 wrote:
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pauln6

Jul 07, 2014 1:10:42

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akaddk

Jul 07, 2014 1:14:04

Ugh. Dual-wielding hand crossbows is one of those idiotic fantasy gamer desires like dual-wielding scimitars and the moronic double-axes/flails/swords.

 

Go out and buy yourself two hand crossbows. Then tell me how you expect someone to wield them, let alone reload them.

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pukunui

Jul 07, 2014 1:14:25

pauln6 wrote:
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AaronOfBarbaria

akaddk wrote:
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seti

akaddk wrote:
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akaddk

Jul 07, 2014 1:43:48

pukunui wrote:
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pukunui

Jul 07, 2014 1:50:19

akaddk wrote:
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akaddk

Jul 07, 2014 1:52:09

pukunui wrote:
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pukunui

Jul 07, 2014 1:54:17

akaddk wrote:
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akaddk

Jul 07, 2014 2:03:59

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Brock_Landers

Jul 07, 2014 2:41:08

A Crossslinger class?

#17

Orzel

Jul 07, 2014 3:39:44

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Lokiron

Jul 07, 2014 6:20:08 		Does dual wielding hand crossbows have to represent simultaneous aiming and shooting? The answer is, no it does not. I don't think that is any more unreasonable than throwing a weapon with each hand. The loading part is what should require a feat
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pauln6

Jul 07, 2014 11:49:34

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kalil

Jul 07, 2014 11:58:38

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mellored

Jul 07, 2014 12:13:55

pauln6 wrote:
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Lokiron

mellored wrote:
#23

pauln6

Jul 07, 2014 12:46:42

Yeah hand crossbows are D6 not D8.  I do like the idea of splitting sneak damage equally between two targets.  We'll need to see more official feats before deciding what is woth a +2.  FYI feats will be compulsory in my campaign...

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Lokiron

pauln6 wrote:
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mellored

Jul 07, 2014 13:22:20

Lokiron wrote:
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Lokiron

mellored wrote:
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Particle_Man

Jul 07, 2014 16:39:07

This sounds like a "wait for the PHB" thing.  Basic doesn't have feats and if feats enable this ability, it would be there.

 

On the other hand, for now at least you can dual-wield hand crossbows as improvised meelee weapons.  I believe that Arrowette did that sort of thing at least one in Young Justice.  

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seti

Lokiron wrote: