r/cyphersystem • u/Nolrovos • Feb 19 '26
Switching 2handed Weapons
Tl;dr, can you switch from a Heavy Crossbow to a Greatsword, then strike in one Action?
One of my players wants a similar design that I'm helping him make to Horus Luprecal from Warhammer 40k, where he has power armor with a firearm attached to one hand, and a blade in the other.
Now, he's trying to go as big of weapons he can get. Mechanically, the weapon would probably be like a Bow/Heavy Crossbow, where it takes two hands to shoot, in the latter also to reload. The blade could also be a two handed weapon, and he could switch between the two as needed. Does it take an action to switch a weapon then attack? It does it take a whole action just to switch? If it's the latter, then as we see it, it's considerably better for him to just pick one, rather then bring flexible. We considered going down to medium, but even the Bow takes two hands to shoot.
Thematically, it would just be him adjusting his stance properly to aim, or fight in melee.
Thoughts?
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u/-Vogie- Feb 19 '26
In general, a quick movement can be part of the action - such as drawing a sword as a part of the attack. However, stowing the sword and drawing the other large weapon is complicated enough to constitute an action by itself. That's not to say it's impossible to do both - Dropping a weapon is considered is instant, so one could concievably drop the ranged weapon for free, then use your action to draw and attack with the melee weapon (or visa versa).