![]() But that isn’t at all what they wrote and so now we have this broken mess. They probably only meant switching feats that give you a choice to work with the weapon, similar to the warblade class feature weapon aptitude (which would be kind of weak for a +1 but not hideously so when combined with the auto-proficiency). ![]() Aptitude is poorly written and easily the most broken thing in an otherwise excellent book. ![]() Proficiency with a light crossbow allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it. Ultimately, I do not really recommend this. Type: Simple Ranged Weapon Cost: 25 gp Weight: 5 lbs. That means there is no problem putting it on the great crossbow, which has much higher damage, and you don’t even need Exotic Weapon Proficiency. This trick gets better, though, if you take advantage of another property of aptitude-it allows you to always use the weapon proficiently. So aptitude lets your heavier crossbow still work with Hand Crossbow Focus, which always provides free-action reloading. Aptitude allows a weapon to benefit from feats for other weapons, and Hand Crossbow Focus allows you to reload a hand crossbow as a free action while also working like Weapon Focus. That is an aptitude heavy crossbow with Hand Crossbow Focus ( aptitude is a +1 special property from Tome of Battle, Hand Crossbow Focus is a feat from Drow of the Underdark). Snappie’s answer covers all the reasonable answers I’m aware of, but there is a cheesy combo that works RAW. (Unlike quick loading, self-loading explicitly says the combination works.) Combine this with the feat Rapid Reload so that the wielder can make iterative attacks. Talk to the DM about using the weapon special ability quick loading in conjunction with the feat Rapid Reload ( Player's Handbook 99) to allow reloading as a free action so full attacks can be made with a heavy crossbow.Ī self-loading crossbow ( Arms and Equipment Guide 116) (12,350 gp 8 lbs.) is a +1 heavy crossbow that can be reloaded by taking a move action. There is also the magic weapon special ability quick loading ( Magic Item Compendium 41-2) (+1 bonus 0 lbs.) that allows storing 100 bolts in a crossbow and reloading a heavy crossbow as a move action (or, if you want, a light crossbow as a free action). You could use a repeating heavy crossbow which allows the wielder to make 5 attacks before reloading, but then reloading it is a full round action.Īlternatively, the 1st-level Sor/Wiz spell ghostly reload ( Races of the Dragon 113) reloads the weapon for you but has limitations: it's 1 reload/caster level, maximum 10. If you can do that, you can full attack with the heavy crossbow The trick is reducing reloading to a free action.
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