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Certain abilities require a free hand to perform: picking up an item or drawing a weapon, casting a spell with a somatic component, using Gloves of Missile Snaring, etc.

1. If you make an attack with a Versatile weapon, for how long are both hands occupied? Only during the instant of the attack? Until the beginning of your next (one-handed) attack? Until you explicitly take a free action to change your grip during your turn?

2. Can you drop a weapon (or other object) as part of a reaction to instantly have a free hand? (For example, to use the aforementioned Gloves of Missile Snaring)

3. Can you change your grip on a versatile weapon as part of a reaction to instantly have a free hand?

Certain abilities require a free hand to perform: picking up an item or drawing a weapon, casting a spell with a somatic component, using Gloves of Missile Snaring, etc.

1. If you make a two-handed attack with a Versatile weapon, for how long are both hands occupied? Only during the instant of the attack? Until the beginning of your next (one-handed) attack? Until you explicitly take a free action to change your grip during your turn?

2. Can you drop a weapon (or other object) as part of a reaction to instantly have a free hand? (For example, to use the aforementioned Gloves of Missile Snaring)

3. Can you change your grip on a versatile weapon as part of a reaction to instantly have a free hand?

Certain abilities require a free hand to use (e.g. Gloves of Missile Snaring).

1. If you make an attack with a Versatile weapon, for how long are both hands occupied? Only during the instant of the attack? Until the beginning of your next (one-handed) attack? Until you explicitly take a free action to change your grip during your turn?

2. Can you drop a weapon (or other object) as part of a reaction to instantly have a free hand? (For example, to use the aforementioned Gloves of Missile Snaring)

3. Can you change your grip on a versatile weapon as part of a reaction to instantly have a free hand?

Certain abilities require a free hand to perform: picking up an item or drawing a weapon, casting a spell with a somatic component, using Gloves of Missile Snaring, etc.

1. If you make an attack with a Versatile weapon, for how long are both hands occupied? Only during the instant of the attack? Until the beginning of your next (one-handed) attack? Until you explicitly take a free action to change your grip during your turn?

2. Can you drop a weapon (or other object) as part of a reaction to instantly have a free hand? (For example, to use the aforementioned Gloves of Missile Snaring)

3. Can you change your grip on a versatile weapon as part of a reaction to instantly have a free hand?