Pretty sure you still need an hand free with crossbow expert...it still has the ammunition trait until you take Artificer's repeating shot you can't use a shield of you want to fire more than once
@@tacticalgamer1634 Nowhere does it say that removing the Loading quality also allows auto-loading! Unless you have a gnomish gadget or the artificer infusion that allows reloading to happen automatically, you still need a free hand to reload! The Crossbow Expert feat does not change this fact.
I should clarify that the Artificer levels we take in this build, specifically Repeating Shot Infusion in combination with the Crossbow Expert Feat Makes this possible. No loading aspect of Crossbow Expert and no Ammunition required from Repeating Shot.
I just found your channel and as a lover of archery builds, I clicked. However, one thing that I don't like (and other RUclipsrs do this as well), is spending several minutes telling me what the video is going to do. You could have led with 'fighter/ranger/artificer multiclass makes the best archer' and then gotten down to the detes. Spending several minutes raving about how great the build is just make me want to skip to the build.
I want to say great job but, guess I’m old school... this is not an archer build it’s a hand crossbow build. If you want a real archer, pull out a longbow! Lol Just to back this up, the definition of archer, “a person who shoots with a bow and arrows, especially at a target for sport”
I can't stand the hand crossbow build. Allowing Crossbow Expert to grant a free second attack with a hand crossbow and allowing the Sharpshooter feat to give both of those attacks a +10 to damage all for a mere bonus action is criminal. Either SS should not work with light weapons or CBE should not give you a bonus action every round. It's stupid that hand crossbows are the strongest DPR ranged weapon. Just wrong.
Pretty sure you still need an hand free with crossbow expert...it still has the ammunition trait
until you take Artificer's repeating shot you can't use a shield of you want to fire more than once
Agreed
Awesome video. But the moving background and dark brown text is horrible.
Agreed. I need a new format.
@@tacticalgamer1634 but everything else is tops! Great content and presentation 🔥
How can you wield a shield? Minus your dm allowing a strap on buckler. Cbe states you need a free hand to reload.
You are only ever holding one hand crossbow. The crossbow feat allows you to ignore the loading attribute. Freeing your off hand to hold the shield.
Great question.
@@tacticalgamer1634 Nowhere does it say that removing the Loading quality also allows auto-loading! Unless you have a gnomish gadget or the artificer infusion that allows reloading to happen automatically, you still need a free hand to reload! The Crossbow Expert feat does not change this fact.
This build takes several levels in Artificer. I see I used the reference to the Crossbow Expert in the dialogue. I will correct this.
I should clarify that the Artificer levels we take in this build, specifically Repeating Shot Infusion in combination with the Crossbow Expert Feat Makes this possible. No loading aspect of Crossbow Expert and no Ammunition required from Repeating Shot.
I just found your channel and as a lover of archery builds, I clicked. However, one thing that I don't like (and other RUclipsrs do this as well), is spending several minutes telling me what the video is going to do. You could have led with 'fighter/ranger/artificer multiclass makes the best archer' and then gotten down to the detes. Spending several minutes raving about how great the build is just make me want to skip to the build.
We are working on new formats for these videos now, we keep this in mind. Thank you for the feedback.
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I want to say great job but, guess I’m old school... this is not an archer build it’s a hand crossbow build. If you want a real archer, pull out a longbow! Lol
Just to back this up, the definition of archer, “a person who shoots with a bow and arrows, especially at a target for sport”
True, we have a build for that. :)
I can't stand the hand crossbow build. Allowing Crossbow Expert to grant a free second attack with a hand crossbow and allowing the Sharpshooter feat to give both of those attacks a +10 to damage all for a mere bonus action is criminal. Either SS should not work with light weapons or CBE should not give you a bonus action every round. It's stupid that hand crossbows are the strongest DPR ranged weapon. Just wrong.