Sohei and crossbows.

[Alex_UNLIMITED]

1) Can a sohei make flurry of blows with a double crossbow?

Weapon training:

At 6th level, a sohei gains weapon training in one of the following weapon groups, as the fighter class feature: bows, crossbows, monk weapons, polearms, spears, or thrown weapons. He may select an additional group of weapons for every six levels after 6th, to a maximum of three at 18th level. A sohei may use flurry of blows and ki strike with any weapon in which he has weapon training.

This ability replaces purity of body, diamond body, quivering palm, timeless body, and tongue of the sun and moon.

Double crossbow:

Benefit: Make one attack roll. If the attack hits, the target takes damage from both bolts. Critical hits, sneak attack damage, and other precision-based damage only apply to the first bolt.

Drawback: Due to its size and weight, you take a –4 penalty on your attack roll if you’re proficient with it, or –8 if you’re not.

Load: Loading one bolt is a standard action; the Rapid Reload feat reduces this to a move action. Crossbow Mastery allows you to reload both bolts as a single move action.

I think yes, it's one way to make good the double crossbow, besides the fact that it's impossible make 4 bow attack with a manyshot, the maximum for the best archer I've see it's 4 in 6 seconds.

2) Can be used by a medium PC a large heavy crossbow? I think yes, because a medium heavy crossbow can be used with penality with one hand, and a large heavy crossbow may be used only with two hands, right?

3) So, for the 2 previous questions, a sohei must have crossbow mastery for flurry with crossbows? Or only rapid reload? Or neither feat?

Crossbow mastery:

Prerequisites: Dex 15, Point-Blank Shot, Rapid Reload, Rapid Shot.
Benefit: The time required for you to reload any type of crossbow is reduced to a free action, regardless of the type of crossbow used. You can fire a crossbow as many times in a full attack action as you could attack if you were using a bow. Reloading a crossbow for the type of crossbow you chose when you took Rapid Reload no longer provokes attacks of opportunity.

Special: Starting at 6th level, a ranger with the archery combat style may select Crossbow Mastery as a combat style feat.

[g0atsticks]

bump for interest.

[Alex_UNLIMITED]

But with a double crossbow?

[Alex_UNLIMITED]

I have asked if a medium PC can shot and reload a large heavy crossbow.

[Grick]

Alex_UNLIMITED wrote:

1) Can a sohei make flurry of blows with a double crossbow?

The double crossbow is listed under Crossbows in the Expanded Weapon Groups of Ultimate Combat. This means they qualify for the fighter class feature, and thus qualify for the Sohei class feature. So yes, you can flurry with it.

You'll still only get one attack unless you have a way to reload it or draw another one as a free action.

Alex_UNLIMITED wrote:

2) Can be used by a medium PC a large heavy crossbow?

Ask your GM.

"Most projectile weapons require two hands to use" could be interpreted to mean they are two-handed weapons.

"Normally, operating a heavy crossbow requires two hands" could be interpreted as either a special way of wielding it that doesn't change the encumbrance category, or it could be interpreted to mean it's a one-handed weapon that only requires two hands to load and fire without penalty.

Personally, I think it's a two-handed weapon and thus can't be wielded when oversized.

Alex_UNLIMITED wrote:

a medium heavy crossbow can be used with penality with one hand, and a large heavy crossbow may be used only with two hands, right?

"you can shoot, but not load, a light crossbow with one hand at a –2 penalty on attack rolls."

"you can shoot, but not load, a heavy crossbow with one hand at a –4 penalty on attack rolls."

Alex_UNLIMITED wrote:

3) So, for the 2 previous questions, a sohei must have crossbow mastery for flurry with crossbows? Or only rapid reload? Or neither feat?

You don't need those feats, but they're very handy. Without crossbow mastery or another way to reload as a free action, you're stuck making only one attack with that weapon.

-edit- All those unattributed quotes are from the Equipment page, which doesn't have anchor links.

[Alex_UNLIMITED]

But...

Double crossbow:

Load: Loading one bolt is a standard action; the Rapid Reload feat reduces this to a move action. Crossbow Mastery allows you to reload both bolts as a single move action.

[Alex_UNLIMITED]

Ok, thanks.

[Grick]

Alex_UNLIMITED wrote:

But...

Crossbow Mastery allows you to reload both bolts as a single move action.

Ah, I didn't see that. Then yes, you can still flurry with it, but you'll only ever get one attack per round with each double crossbow. If you had a bunch of pre-loaded double crossbows and the Quick Draw feat, you could make multiple attacks (and spend a long time reloading them all out of combat).

Many GMs will say crossbows cannot be pre-loaded as the bolts fall out. So ask your GM what his crossbow rules are before you start.

[Winterwalker]

Oh, well sorry there's a specific text that says mastery does X. Use that rule, you CANNOT FoB with this. Sorry missed that.

I deleted my other posts as they were wrong.

FoB is a full attack action, and if you cannot reload as a free action then you cannot continue to flurry after the trigger is pulled as you are out of ammo.