The ONLY WAY he can make 2 crossbow attacks, is if he has:Ģ. Therefore, " NORMALLY" a 17th level Rogue/Scout, could take 2 attacks, but if he's using a crossbow, he can only make 1 attack with that crossbow "Because of the time required to load this weapon." However, the Rouge/Scout COULD attack with a sword, drop the sword, retrieve the crossbow, then fire a shot, effectively using his bonus action, his extra attack, to fire the crossbow, that he has yet to fire and is still loaded on this turn, during this action. He can only take the "Attack action" meaning he can only make an attack. He can't use that bonus action he gets to Dash or take the "Dash action" or Hide or take the "Hide action". Anything that requires rolling to hit something, is an attack or a.k.a an "Attack Action")Ī 17th level Rogue/Scout is allowed an additional attack as a bonus action (meaning he gets a bonus action, but it must be the Attack action or aka "an attack"), if he attacks. You choose to take the "Attack action" on your turn, DURING your action phase, bonus action phase, or reaction phase.This is why you have an action phase and move phase. (Taking the "Attack action", is an attack. "On your turn, you can move a distance up to your speed and take one action." phb. ".,you can fire only one piece of ammunition from it when you use an action, bonus action or reaction (this is the big part) to fire it." ".,REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF ATTACKS YOU CAN NORMALLY MAKE." phb., pg.147, ln. It doesn't happen very often, but thems the rules. Loading property prohibits a second attack from the Attack action, you can still use a crossbow on a reaction or bonus action thar round. This is important because certain features, such as the Extra Attack feature of the fighter, allow you to make more than one attack with the Attack action. They use a capital A to distinguish them. Attack action is different than an attack. It is one piece of ammunition per action type. It should be noted, though, that the Crossbow Expert feat allows you to ignore the loading property and fire your crossbow multiple times each turn. So for example, if you shoot the crossbow as your action, you can't use your reaction to shoot it a second time until your next turn. The loading feature ends with "regardless of the number of attacks you can normally make." This makes it non-inclusive, as long as the loading property is active you can only shoot the crossbow ONCE as either an action, bonus action, or reaction until the start of your next turn (when the number of attacks you can normally make resets). The exclusion comes in that you cannot fire 2 pieces of ammunition in a single Action, Bonus Action, or Reaction.Įxample: A 5th lvl Fighter with the Extra Attack feature cannot fire multiple shots from a crossbow on the same Action. To me, this means you can fire 1 piece of ammunition as a Action, Bonus Action and Reaction all in one Round, so you can fire 3 pieces of ammo in a round but no more.Įxample: A 17th lvl Rogue:Scout using the Sudden Strike ability can fire 1 bolt as an Action and fire 1 bolt as a Bonus Action. The wording says nothing about a Turn or Round so there is no reason to assume it applies. I read this as an inclusive OR so it applies to each action type individually instead of across the entire round or during a turn. The Loading rule itself is not any kind of action, it is an rule that is an subsection of the Ammunition Rule, placing a restriction upon it. It states you can only fire 1 piece of ammunition from it when you take an Action, Bonus Action, or Reaction. Because of the time required to load this weapon, you can fire only one piece of ammunition from it when you use an action, bonus action, or reaction to fire it, regardless of the number of attacks you can normally make." At the end of the battle, you can recover half your expended ammunition by taking a minute to search the battlefield." Drawing the ammunition from a quiver, case, or other container is part of the attack (you need a free hand to load a one-handed weapon). Each time you attack with the weapon, you expend one piece of ammunition. You can use a weapon that has the ammunition property to make a ranged attack only if you have ammunition to fire from the weapon. Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverseĭescent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
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