![]() It says you can attack with a hand crossbow as a bonus action when you use the Attack action to attack with a one-handed weapon. What does that all mean for a hand crossbow? It means Crossbow Expert makes it possible to fire a hand crossbow more than once with a feature like Extra Attack, provided that you have enough ammunition and you have a hand free to load it for each shot.ĭoes Crossbow Expert let you fire a hand crossbow and then fire it again as a bonus action? It does! Take a look at the feat’s third benefit. Second, the act of drawing the ammunition is included in the attack and therefore doesn’t require its own action and doesn’t use up your free interaction with an object on your turn. First, you’re assumed to be drawing-that is, extracting with your hand-the ammunition from a container. To dig deeper into this point, take a look at the following sentence in the definition of the ammunition property: “Drawing the ammunition from a quiver, case, or other container is part of the attack.” The sentence tells us two important things. You need to load each bolt into the weapon, and doing so requires a hand. The latter property requires you to have a bolt to fire from the hand crossbow, and the hand crossbow isn’t going to load itself (unless it’s magical or a gnomish invention). You’re still limited, however, by the fact that the weapon has the ammunition property ( PH, 146). The upshot is that you can fire it more than once if you have a feature like Extra Attack. The first benefit of the feat lets you ignore the loading property ( PH, 147) of the hand crossbow if you’re proficient with that weapon. That element in Crossbow Expert shows that some of the character’s expertise with one type of thing-crossbows, in this case-transfers to other things.ĭo the first and third benefits of Crossbow Expert turn a hand crossbow into a semiautomatic weapon? The short answer is no. The second benefit of Crossbow Expert is such an element, as is the first benefit of Great Weapon Master. When designing a feat with a narrow use, we consider adding at least one element that can benefit a character more broadly-a bit of mastery that your character brings from one situation to another. The second benefit of Crossbow Expert prevents you from suffering that disadvantage, whether or not the ranged attack is with a crossbow. When you make a ranged attack roll within 5 feet of an enemy, you normally suffer disadvantage ( PH, 195). Is it intentional that the second benefit of Crossbow Expert helps ranged spell attacks? Yes, it’s intentional. ![]() If you have questions for a future installment of Sage Advice, please send them to Crossbow Expert In a few spots, you’ll see a reference in parentheses to a page in that book. As you read the answers to the questions below, keep chapter 6, “Customization Options,” of the Player’s Handbook handy. Remember that feats are available to your character at the discretion of your Dungeon Master. This month’s Sage Advice is concerned with some feats that have sparked questions. In that situation, feats are a great option. Sometimes you want to customize your character, and the character’s class doesn’t have what you’re looking for. ![]() There is a new Sage Advice article on D&D Wizard’s of the Coast website by Jeremy Crawford
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