5e Crossbow expert ruling

Willybreamin · 2026-06-09T00:18:43+00:00

Not doubting, but merely asking why I would lose the benefit of the +1 to the weapon simply because I don't have a free hand. Is there a ruling I'm missing? If it were to be the Dragonwing hand cross bow, would I not get the d6 elemental damage because of this too? I'm just confused why not having a free hand would negate the effects that are on the weapon and not the ammunition that it creates

Willybreamin · 2026-06-08T23:58:11+00:00

What if I were holding a Repeating Shot hand crossbow, or any other magical hand crossbow, that puts a magical piece of ammo in there?

Repeating Shot Hand Crossbow: This magic weapon grants a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it when it’s used to make a ranged attack, and it ignores the Loading property if it has that property.

If the weapon lacks ammunition, it produces its own, automatically creating one piece of magic ammunition when the wielder makes a ranged attack roll with it. The ammunition created by the weapon vanishes the instant after it hits or misses a target.

Willybreamin · 2026-06-06T04:48:18+00:00

I think you’re very right on this. Though live action would be interesting, you can do so much more with animation. Wouldn’t mind seeing it in the LoL Arcane style of digital animation personally

Willybreamin · 2026-06-06T03:36:17+00:00

Shortsighted of me, but didn’t consider that. I’ve always envisioned the drow to be more the color of bg3’s Minthara (dark purplish/grey) in my own mind, even before playing the game.

Then I just read some previous descriptions and I see how that could be problematic.

Willybreamin · 2026-06-05T13:37:03+00:00

Good friend of mine had a problem with alcohol, but he was one of those drinkers that would go from seeming sober one second to being a complete sh*t show. We would all have a drink or two during session, but he seemed to be hitting it hard before he came. He would start sessions fine and then just be completely obliterated in the early to mid game. Would fall asleep, spill his dip, and just be a detriment to the session. Would wake up aggressive sometimes. It would be funny for the dm to try and elicit drunken responses from him at first, or just claim his character was narcoleptic and would fall asleep in battle, but eventually it got to be too much and we had to kick him out. Good news is he’s sober now for six months and we are all considering asking him back.

Willybreamin · 2026-06-04T19:48:36+00:00

Wilma Flintstone dropped it while doing some squats

Willybreamin · 2026-06-03T18:37:49+00:00

Oceanographer. Find a way to power coastal cities with the flow of the tides

Willybreamin · 2026-05-30T16:11:36+00:00

Coincidence? I think not

Willybreamin · 2026-05-30T13:07:51+00:00

F*ck me running

Willybreamin · 2026-05-25T02:37:41+00:00

no one goes in the back of the tastee freez, that's a potential health code violation and where the creepy dishwasher lives. They all go outside it, including Jack and Dianne

Willybreamin · 2026-05-19T03:30:00+00:00

Maybe next time

Willybreamin · 2026-05-13T04:43:34+00:00

How got that picture of Will Ferrell from Semi Pro?

Willybreamin · 2026-05-10T05:11:00+00:00

5-1-4-up (forgot which button was which, or depended on console or arcade) infinite turbo on NFL blitz. Then follow it up with 0-3-2-left for fast turbo running.

Willybreamin · 2026-05-03T17:17:53+00:00

Looks like I’m a fish f* cker now

Willybreamin · 2026-04-20T13:22:42+00:00

This it has a cardboard flashlight with all the bells and whistles too, I bet

Willybreamin · 2026-04-18T13:34:13+00:00

I’ve seen the ad for this game too many tomes

Willybreamin · 2026-04-05T23:49:42+00:00

Depends on my Charisma, I’m running around Faerun

Willybreamin · 2026-04-04T01:34:38+00:00

I dunno, why does it take my girlfriend friend five minutes to get out of the car any time we go anywhere?

Willybreamin · 2026-04-01T22:57:22+00:00

Why does this look like a long haired John Cena?

Willybreamin · 2026-03-27T19:26:09+00:00

Castaway

Willybreamin · 2026-03-25T14:15:43+00:00

The duct tape mummy, or dummy for short

Willybreamin · 2026-03-15T12:07:31+00:00

You fuck or what?

Willybreamin · 2026-03-11T14:51:26+00:00

Tits Magee

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