I've seen people post that two weapon fighting only works with hand weapons, but I don't see that in the text (it might be in a QA or FAQ or something?)
So I started thinking about how that could work - then wondering if two hand crossbows wielded together would work. In addition, you do not provoke attacks of opportunity from adjacent opponents when you make ranged attacks with a hand crossbow. Whenever you are armed with a rapier in your primary hand and a hand crossbow in your off hand, you are treated as having the Two-Weapon Fighting feat for the purpose of calculating attack penalties. and was trying to use the Hand Crossbow, since it is a somewhat iconic item for them.
Although Mearls' tweet is more about switching weapons, I don't see why doing it for the same weapon would be any harder or take any longer.OK. So you don't even need to drop it, you can just sheathe it and then draw it again. (Honestly this is how I've been ruling it for long, hence I'm not used to the drop shenanigan). Crawford states you can drop the weapon at absolutely no cost, it seems (meaning you didn't actually use your "Object Interaction").īut then Mearls goes further: he states you can Sheathe, Draw and Attack at the same turn. Objects always require an action to use, as statedīasically, "Object Interaction" is a "Free Action", which you have already used to drop your rapier.Īlthough is says "interact with a second object", it's implied that interacting with the same object again later also needs an action. If you want to interact with a second object, you need Weapon as part of the same action you use to attack. Move as you stride toward a foe, or you could draw your For example, you could open a door during your You can also interact with one object or feature of theĮnvironment for free, during either your move or yourĪction. The concept is presented, though, in PHB p. There isn't exactly a "Free Action" in 5e. A DM could at their discretion dispense you from having to go through this sequence every turn by allowing you to stow your Rapier away in its scabbard and retrieve it in the same turn for the purpose of re-loading your Hand Crossbow, or simply rule that you get to reload the Hand Crossbow with a Rapier in hand.Ī DM wouldn't be breaking much by allowing you to do that given that you always pick your weapon back up at the end of the turn so you're never in a situation where un-handing your Rapier matters, unless you're fighting in an uncommon situation such as a steep incline, a tight rope or the surface of a liquid when using some water walking magic. You will obviously look very silly doing so. You're now back to having both a Rapier and a loaded Hand Crossbow in hand. Finally you can use your item interaction to pickup the Rapier.
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You now need a free hand to reload the Hand Crossbow so you can drop the Rapier without using your object interaction (as per this Sage Advice) and reload the Hand Crossbow using your now free hand.Since you used the Attack action and attacked with a one handed weapon, you can use a bonus action to attack with a Hand Crossbow you are holding thanks to your Crossbow Expert feat.Attack with the Rapier (Action used up).If you start your turn with a Rapier and a loaded Hand Crossbow in hand you can: You can do everything exactly as you described.
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