However, because loading the ammunition is considered part of the attack and you need a free hand to load a one-handed weapon, the only way you can attack with a hand crossbow is if it is the only thing you are holding in either hand. The intent I am sure was to allow a crossbow expert with a hand crossbow to use it to make a bonus attack with it each round after making an Attack with a weapon held in the other hand, rather than just on the first round. The errata changed the ammunition quality to require a free hand to load one-handed weapons with the ammunition quality. The errata further changed the wording of crossbow expert. Before the errata the rule read "attack with a loaded hand crossbow you are holding." The word loaded was removed in the errata. ![]() Sage Advice tells us that a crossbow expert can use a hand crossbow for an Attack action, and then, provided he has a free hand to reload, use the same hand crossbow to perform an attack as a bonus action. Loading the weapon is part of the attack. The ammunition quality states that you must have a free hand to load a one-handed weapon having the ammunition quality. The change to the ammunition quality also presents other problems for hand crossbow use. The requirements of the ammunition quality directly conflict with the third ability given by the crossbow expert feat. ![]() Phandelver and Below: The Shattered ObeliskĪfter reading both the errata and the Sage Advice, I am led to the conclusion that the rules for hand crossbows and the crossbow expert feat have become unintentionally contradictory. ![]() Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
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