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Telescopic Sight
A telescopic sight is a long, uniformly wide, lens-ended tube that
fits to the top of the musket and runs from just behind the lock
to the tip of the barrel. It reduces any penalties due to range by
an amount equal to its power (i.e., a 4x scope reduces the range
penalty by 4). Note that this is not a bonus to hit, it simply reduces
the penalty; if a fired weapon has a –3 penalty due to range, a 4x
scope would simply reduce this modifier to +0, not grant a +1 to
hit. Utilizing this advantage requires that a full-round action be
Grenadelike Weapons
Descriptions
Grenade
A metal sphere with a fuse that can either be set to ignite the weapon’s
black powder charge on impact or aer a delay of up to five seconds.
Grenades are filled with dozens of tiny metal spheres that explode
in a burst to shred anything in their blast radius. Seing the fuse is a
move-equivalent action.
Powder Keg
This is a wooden barrel with brass or bronze (not iron or steel) fiings
used for storing and transporting black powder. Although too heavy
to throw, a powder keg could be equipped with a fuse and then
rolled downhill. The insides of powder kegs are oen lined with lead
sheathing in order to make them water proof and immune to the
effects of ignite powder spells.
Table 11–7: Black Powder Grenadelike Weapons
Chapter Eleven: Equipment & Black Powder Rules
spent (with no 5-foot step taken) on aiming the shot and then firing
the weapon.
Telescopic scopes are delicate and save at –4 if the weapons they
are aached to are dropped.
Worm
A long pole with a two intertwining corkscrews mounted on one
end, the worm is used to clear obstructions caught in a cannon
(including cannonballs aer some types of misfires).
Black Powder Grenadelike Weapons
As black powder weaponry is integral to the SpirosBlaak campaign
seing, there are several new rules governing how these weapons
work.
Reloading
Reloading a black powder firearm or artillery piece requires the
specified amount of time and provokes an aack of opportunity.
With firearms, the process entails priming the pan, placing a new
powder charge and bullet down the muzzle, ramming both home,
and then seing the lock to full cock (the fire-ready position).
Artillery is reloaded by first inserting the necessary amount
of powder for the range, followed by the cannonball, and then
ramming them both down. It is then primed with either loose
powder or a friction primer. Aer the weapon is fired (either
Black Powder Combat
Masterwork Arms and Artillery
The exquisite crasmanship of masterwork black powder firearms
and artillery—their improved balance, perfectly fied components,
and extremely exacting measurements—grants a +1 enhancement
bonus to aack rolls and lowers the misfire range by 1, to a minimum
of 1. Likewise, all enchanted firearms and artillery must be made from
masterwork pieces.
Creating a masterwork firearm increases the cost by 500 gp for a
pistol, 750 gp for a musket, and by 2,000 gp for an artillery piece.
Alternate Materials for
Firearms and Artillery
Making black powder firearms or artillery pieces with less common,
more durable metals reduces the chance of a catastrophic misfire
on Table 11–9: Firearm Misfire Results or Table 11–10: Artillery
Misfire Results, but also increases the cost and DC of craing. The
enhancement bonus for adamantine applies to ammunition craed
from the material and not to the weapon itself.
by seing a burning portfire to the priming powder, or pulling
a lanyard aached to a friction primer or a flintlock firing
mechanism), the bore is sponged out to extinguish any sparks that
might prematurely ignite the powder charge of the next shot.
While in the heat of a bale there’s rarely time to load at a
leisurely pace, musket users and gun crews oen increase the
loading time on the first firing of a weapon in an engagement
in order to maximize their chances of success. Each doubling of
the reloading time reduces the weapon’s misfire range for lack
of proficiency on the part of users by –1, but has no effect on the
natural misfire rate of the weapon itself. Taking extra time on
loading doesn’t change the increase of severity caused by lack of
proficiency if there is a misfire.
Conversely, an artillery piece can be loaded in one less full round
than normal (to a minimum of half the original reloading time) by
Weapon Cost Damage Blast Radius Range Pen Weight
Small
Grenade 60 gp 2d6 5 . 10 . –3 2 lb.
Medium
Powder keg, 240 ounces 250 gp 6d10 10 . — +0 25 lb.
Powder keg, 640 ounces 670 gp 10d10 15 . — +0 70 lb.