[Weapon] Off-Hand Crossbow

The mechanics of Off-Hand Crossbow is the same as its Main-Hand variant. Same requirements, same reload times, same weapon ranges, etc. A character taking this skill may use a different weapon in their main hand & must still use standard action/round rules. Each weapon functions otherwise independently of each other. The standard actions per round is based on players, not weapons — meaning they still may not do 2 Contested actions in each of their rounds just because they have a 2nd weapon at their disposal. (always 1 contested & 1 non-contested –OR– 2 non-contested actions are allowed to be chosen each round).

If you are using a 1-handed crossbow in your Off-Hand, you will use the Off-Hand Crossbow skill.

Having the Off-Hand variant of the crossbow will allow you to make an additional shot before reloading — however, reload times remain the same for each weapon independently: For 1-handed crossbow, an action is required to reload 1 crossbow. For two 1-handed crossbows, 2 actions are required to reload both of them.

The guaranteed hit range for the Off-Hand Crossbow is based off of the Off-Hand Crossbow skill level (independent of the Main-Hand variant). Shots beyond that range follow the same rules as Main-Hand Crossbow.