Crossbow Slayer Might Do Better With Weapon Group

[moosher12]

I feel that Crossbow Slayer should be able to apply to weapons in the crossbow weapon group, rather than just crossbows. Gives ability to switch to a heavy crossbow or a hand crossbow, and would provide compatibility with Starfinder's crossbolter.

[Shinigami02]

Are we sure it doesn't already? That's the (possibly Hopeful Thinking) way I was reading it already, though I'll admit with Crossbow being both a specific weapon and a weapon group there is some ambiguity there.

[Sagiam]

CROSSBOW SLAYER wrote:

Interacting to reload gains the relentless trait for you.

This is the only part of the text that interacts with the rules. The sentence before this is flavour.

While it's certainly tied to crossbows in the flavour, there is nothing that prevents you from using it with a gun, sling or anything else that has the reload trait.

[moosher12]

You forgot to read the Special segment, the special with Consecrated Panoply only lets you load the spike into a crossbow. Not a hand crossbow, not a heavy crossbow, not an arbalest, not a crossbolter. Only a crossbow. The special effect, if Sagiam's interpretation was right, it'd have to say ranged weapon here, not crossbow.

Crossbow Slayer wrote:

If you have a consecrated panoply signature tool, you can load a hunting spike into a crossbow when you reload it. The next time you use Hunting Spike, its thrown trait uses the crossbow’s range increment.

[graystone]

moosher12 wrote:

I feel that Crossbow Slayer should be able to apply to weapons in the crossbow weapon group, rather than just crossbows. Gives ability to switch to a heavy crossbow or a hand crossbow, and would provide compatibility with Starfinder's crossbolter.

Looks at Crossbow Ace

once. It says "You are wielding a crossbow with reload 1 or higher" and just mentions crossbows in general. It's clear that it means the group and not the individual weapon.

Crossbow Terror just mentions crossbow when it's clear it's meant for the group.

Crossbow Crack Shot mentions crossbows but makes it clear to covers the group by mentioning what happens if you're using a crossbow with backstab.

I think it's safe to go with the more expansive reading unless it's clear that it means JUST the simple weapon crossbow.

[moosher12]

I know well how I'd home rule it, but players deserve their protections against a GM that decides to say, "Just crossbow."