Rapid Reload

(Player's Handbook v.3.5, page 99, DnD 3.5)

[General, Fighter Bonus Feat]

Choose a type of crossbow (hand, light, or heavy). You can reload a crossbow of that type more quickly than normal.

Prerequisite

Weapon Proficiency (crossbow type chosen)

Benefit

The time required for you to reload your chosen type of crossbow is reduced to a free action (for a hand or light crossbow) or a move action (for a heavy crossbow). Reloading a crossbow still provokes an attack of opportunity. If you have selected this feat for 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.

Special

You can gain Rapid Reload multiple times. Each time you take the feat, it applies to a new type of crossbow. A fighter may select Rapid Reload as one of his fighter bonus feats (see page 38).

Normal

A character without this feat needs a move action to reload a hand or light crossbow, or a fullround action to reload a heavy crossbow.