Rapid Reload
(Combat)
Choose a type of crossbow (hand, light, heavy) that you are proficient with. You can reload such a weapon quickly.Prerequisites
Weapon Proficiency (crossbow type chosen) or Exotic Weapon Proficiency (firearm).Benefit
The time required for you to reload your chosen type of weapon is reduced to a Free Action (for a hand or light crossbow) or a Move Action (for heavy crossbow). Reloading a crossbow still provokes attacks of opportunity. If you have selected this feat for a hand crossbow or light crossbow, you may fire that weapon as many times in a Full Attack action as you could attack if you were using a bow.Normal
A character without this feat needs a Move Action to reload a hand or light crossbow or a Full-Round Action to load a heavy crossbow.Special
You can gain Rapid Reload multiple times. Each time you take the feat, it applies to a new type of crossbow.Combat Trick
If you have a Stamina pool, the following Combat Trick may be used with this feat.When reloading a crossbow, you can spend 5 Stamina points to reduce the reload time by one step; a Standard Action becomes a Move Action, a Move Action becomes a Swift Action, and a Swift Action becomes a Free Action. The weapon you are reloading doesn’t need to be the one you chose when you took this feat. If the weapon already has a reload time of one Free Action, when you make a Full Attack with the weapon, you can spend 2 Stamina points to gain a +1 bonus on all damage rolls with the weapon during that Full Attack.