You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. This magic crossbow carries a small system of curious tubes and vessels. In a siege, the defenders would stash preloaded weapons all around the perimiter.Orner's Venomous Crossbow Weapon (crossbow, hand), uncommon (requires attunement)
In pulp novels, the Great White Hunter shooting big game in Deepest Darkest Africa usually had an assistant loading rifles for them. In crossbow hunting, you lock and load the bow before you get close to the prey animal.
In the age of pistols and muskets, a warrior would often go into combat with two or three loaded flintlocks in their belt. There are fictional and real examples of this Having preloaded weapons doesn't allow you to use Extra Attack with hand crossbows or pistols. The shooter still has to pick up the weapon or take it from someone else which needs an object interaction, which the shooter only has one of per round. (As an aside, hand crossbows sure do generate a lot of discussion.) Nothing will break if you rule Yes This question is an example of the writers missing something. Since loading hand weapons doesn't take seperate actions (as it does for siege weapons) I'm guessing the writers didn't feel the need for any special rules. The loading or reload properties apply (though, strangely, the reload property does not require two hands). The game, however, has no special rules for them (whether they be crossbows or firearms). Obviously, preloaded hand weapons exist in the fiction. This is very similar to what I actually do at my tables which is to basically ignore the drawing/stowing rules altogether and allow characters to draw/stow any number of weapons with each of their attacks. Thus it effectively just gives them an extra hand to do something with if they wanted. I would allow characters to pre-load crossbows by using their action, though I would not have this make them ignore the Loading property (they could not use Extra Attack to fire two pre-loaded crossbows).
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Thus, this is just stating that for slings in particular, you must have ammunition (and a free hand) available in order to use them to make improvised melee attacks. This merely clarifies that in order to use a sling to make an improvised melee attack, it must be loaded and we know from the previous bit that slings are loaded when you attack with them. A sling must be loaded to deal any damage when used in this way. If you use a weapon that has the ammunition property to make a melee attack, you treat the weapon as an improvised weapon (see "Improvised Weapons" later in the section). The bit about slings merely requires that you have ammunition available So you could use your action on the non-detailed action of loading a crossbow, though whether this can happen is up to the GM as are the results and ramifications of allowing such an action. When you describe an action not detailed elsewhere in the rules, the DM tells you whether that action is possible and what kind of roll you need to make, if any, to determine success or failure. Of course, this is possible using a made up action as the rules on " Actions in Combat" state: There simply is no way to draw the ammunition for an attack other than during the attack thus crossbows cannot be pre-loaded as the only time they are loaded is immediately before being fired. Drawing the ammunition from a quiver, case, or other container is part of the attack Each time you attack with the weapon, you expend one piece of 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. The " Weapon Properties" rules state (emphasis mine): Strictly speaking, there is no way to pre-load a crossbow. Or that it needs proper loading, ammo etc.
This could imply the sling (and by extension other loading weapons) can be pre-loaded. Then again, when later referring to using a Loading weapon for a melee attack,Ī sling must be loaded to deal any damage when used in this way. That part might imply that the loading (and thus the hand requirement) is to happen as part of the attack. Can you fire that single shot from the crossbow before having to drop it for something more practical? I'm unsure, on account of not being able to clearly show that such a thing as a 'loaded state' exists for a crossbow, by RAW:Īmmunition Drawing the Ammunition from a Quiver, case, or otherĬontainer is part of the Attack (you need a free hand to load aĮmphasis mine. I've always thought the answer was 'duh, obviously' but I'm hard-pressed to find RAW evidence all of a sudden.Īssume you have a hand crossbow, loaded, in one hand, while your other hand is occupied (holding a sword or a very important relic or even missing for that matter).
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