Any methods to help reloading Crossbolters?


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Howdy!
I totally love crossbolters and the idea, etc. But the reloading for them makes them... difficult.

I'm curious if anyone knows any method to realod them faster than a move action?

Often they're pretty awkward since the "amount of bolts" does go up but so does usage. so most of the time they're about the same few shots.. Just I guess shooting at on at once ala Edgar from FF6 ish visually.

Curious if anyone knows any cool ways to rock one~ or if its just one of the cool flavorful weapons of starfinder that are sadly impractal to try.


Manufacturing fusion. Load UPBs as a swift action to create arrows up to your maximum capacity.


Don't you still need to draw the UPBs? So move, swift, to reload? AFAI can tell it doesn't allow you to preload its only "load and manufactor" in the moment yea?


Drawing ammo is part of the move action to load it, I assumed the same is going on here, but maybe not.

Dark Archive

A Stunt and Strike Operative with the Ammo Drop option (under Sleight of Hand) can reload a crossbolter as a free action if you make your stunt and strike for that turn. do realize that you'll be bothered by the "Operative Curse" until level 7, where you take 10 on Sleight of Hand (and thus just need to hit). If you miss your shot though... no reloading for free.

The other option is the Weapon Prototype Mechanic. If the Crossbolter is your prototype, then starting level 7 you can give it the "quick reload" option, allowing reloading as free action whenever you shoot.

Both options require a lot of patience and dedication, though.


Once you hit the higher level crossbolters the inability to fire more than once per round doesn't bother envoys much, since you use your move actions to do an envoy thing and then combine one attack with another envoy thing (bluff or get em)

A ysoki or someone else with a cheekpouch + the manufacturing weapon probably works

Conserving enchantment should probably work , putting the arrow back where it belongs as if it had never been fired should have it ready to go.

Oh... even better.

Buy four of them and put a Called fusion on all of them. Won't work at higher levels but it will get you to the higher levels...

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