Comments on: Powder Burn: Firearms in Dungeons & Dragons

By: jimmy

jimmy — Sun, 29 May 2011 17:05:22 +0000

in the campains i have played/run guns have existed but only in certain regions,like across the sea

By: know

know — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:14:59 +0000

I prefer to run things at a quasi-medieval level just before the advent of firearms.

By: Ð”Ð¸Ð¼Ð¾Ð½

Ð”Ð¸Ð¼Ð¾Ð½ — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:43:37 +0000

By: Hereward

Hereward — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:45:07 +0000

I dont use them at all in my campaign.There is gunpowder, but it is only used by dwarves and gnomes in mining applications, oh and of course for fireworks.It is crude and rather dangerous.I prefer to run things at a quasi-medieval level just before the advent of firearms.I have been a player in campaigns that allowed primitive firearms and it was handled well (they were heavy,slow to load and unreliable).It didnt imbalance the game so I have no basic objection, but just prefer not to use them myself.

By: "John Lee"

"John Lee" — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:25:54 +0000

I tend to use cannons in my game, partially because they have stats for them in Stormwrack, but I don’t like guns. Though the root reason is the “feel” they have, I feel that I can make up a quasi-valid excuse that they reload too slowly (1 shot/4 rounds or something, maybe with a feat to reduce reload), were deemed too dangerous by the powers that be, or perhaps that their hard-to-use nature made them never catch on popularly.

By: Kellandros

Kellandros — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:22:27 +0000

Standard action to reload? If I recall, well trained troops could fire roughly 3-4 volleys from flintlock muskets per minute, and that was standing in place(not lying down, not moving). As written, this is one shot per 2 rounds, or 5 per minute; AND you can freely move around while reloading.

In terms of game balance though, I can see them in the normal curve of damage, especially with requiring a feat for the proficiency. More ‘realism’ would require extreme changes to the rest of the rules.

By: rekres

rekres — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:14:41 +0000

You might wanna check out Iron Kingdoms from Privateer Press. It is their d20 rules for their Warmachine setting, which includes large steampunk constructs called Warjacks, a sorcerer variant that casts spells through his pistols, and a variety of magic-tech devices.

IIRC, they have about a half dozen different black powder guns as well as gun enchantments and spells that effect guns and gun-combat.

By: Zaratustra

Zaratustra — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:52:52 +0000

THAT’S WHAT I SAID

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:16:04 +0000

…Except it’s third edition.

By: Zaratustra

Zaratustra — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:01:40 +0000

That blunderbuss thing is a bit niche. Why not have a spell that explodes any body of gunpowder in sight? OH WAIT CAUSE IT’S 4TH EDITION.