![]() ![]() They're a really cool concept, but I've been thinking about, so I thought I'd bring it into the piercing light of the playground.įor those of you who don't know repeating crossbows have a magazine of bolts and they let you reload as a free action if you're using both hands. So a quick loading, self-loading great crossbow is a semi-automatic weapon. Self-loading ( Arms and Equipment Guide) does that, for another 10,000 gp to the weapon cost. Since quick loading automatically loads the bolt for a +1 enhancement cost, you need something to automatically pull the string back. ![]() Then quick loading still only reduces the loading time to a move action, and you still need a free hand to do that, right? I'd rather get 4 Great Crossbows (if I'm investing a friggin' EWP, might as well make it useful) and buy Quick-Loading Enhancement to them.To start with, all the weapon feats and magical enhancements (like quick loading) are written in the same stupid fashion, and don't allow for great crossbows, so you'll have to get your DM to extend them to work with great crossbows in the same fashion that they work with heavy crossbows (which makes sense, since they normally have the same reloading characteristics). I'm talking about free action-reloading crossbows, though - I can't see any point in wielding more than two great crossbows with a four-armed creature or more than one with a normal race. Free action to transfer items to and from your Spare Hand, which is all you need to make crossbow reloading work.ĮDIT: Well, I guess you could reload with just two Gloves of Storing (20000gp) and a hilarious-looking weapon shuffle between four hands. A Spare Hand is only 12000gp and solves the reloading problem completely and without any issues. Quick-Loading doesn't give you an extra hand to load and is expensive, or if you go the Glove route you need a Glove of Storing for each hand unless your character can juggle while reloading (which is a lot of money). ![]() So with multi-weapon fighting, -6 penalty to each attack. That, or do some trickery with Gloves of Storing.4 Great crossbows. I'd rather get 4 Great Crossbows (if I'm investing a friggin' EWP, might as well make it useful) and buy Quick-Loading Enhancement to them. ![]()
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