Weapons (5A)

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Weapons	Type	Type	Cost	Damage	Damage Type	Range	Weight	Properties
#Quarterstaff	Simple	Melee	2 sp	1d8	Bludgeoning	Melee	4 lb.	Versatile (1d8), special (finesse)
#Elfblade	Martial	Melee	25 gp	1d8	Slashing	Melee	2 lb.	Finesse, racial (elf)
#Arquebus	Simple	Ranged	30 gp	1d12	Piercing	60/180	25 lb.	Ammunition, loading, special, two-hand
#Musket	Simple	Ranged	50 gp	1d12	Piercing	40/120	10 lb.	Ammunition, loading, two-hand
#Rifled Musket	Simple	Ranged	1,000 gp	1d10	Piercing	120/360	15 lb.	Ammunition, heavy, loading, two-hand
#Pistol	Simple	Ranged	25 gp	1d10	Piercing	30/90	3 lb.	Ammunition, heavy, loading
#Cavalry Pistol	Martial	Ranged	40 gp	1d12	Piercing	20/40	5 lb.	Ammunition, heavy, loading
#Dueling Pistol	Simple	Ranged	200 gp	1d10	Piercing	50/100	1 lb.	Ammunition, loading
#Blunderbuss	Simple	Ranged	40 gp	1d10	Piercing	15/45	8 lb.	Ammunition, loading, special, two-hand
#Dragon	Martial	Ranged	30 gp	1d10	Piercing	15/45	5 lb.	Ammunition, loading, special
#Snuff Gun	Simple	Ranged	50 gp	1d8	Piercing	20/40	0.5 lb.	Ammunition, loading
#Pepperbox	Martial	Ranged	500 gp	1d8	Piercing	20/40	4 lb.	Ammunition, loading (8 shots)

Weapon Properties

Racial A racial weapon is mainly used by the indicated race and must be bought and serviced by them. Other races can use it, but friendly relations are needed to buy one and other races may doubt your sanity.

Slow Load This weapon takes an action to reload, and you cannot move in the turn you reload it.

Weapon Descriptions

Elfblade

An elvish forerunner of the rapier, the elfblade is a light, precise cutting weapon with a razor's edge.

Quarterstaff

The wizard's staff can be an effective weapon in deft hands. The finesse ability is only usable when the quarterstaff is used in two hands. It is possible to let go of the weapon to cast a spell, and then return to a two-handed grip.

Arqebus

This overlong smoothbore weapon is a precursor to the musket, and more common than the musket at this time. It must be fired lying down, braced, or using a fork support (included). Using a fork means you cannot move in the turn you fire the weapon. As you be stand up to load it, lying down to fire is generally impractical. If you have an assistant that coordinates their movement with you and does nothing else than support the fire, handling the fork, you can move and fire.

Musket

A musket is a high caliber smooth bore weapon made to produce a high volume of fire against big targets, such as massed infantry.

Rifled Musket

An expensive hunting weapon of comparatively fine caliber. The barrel is rifled, which stabilizes the bullet through rotation.

Pistol

A scaled-down musket, the pistol is still a large weapon. It will become common in civilian use.

Cavalry Pistol

Really a short carbine, the cavalry pistol is made to be as dangerous as a single-hand firearm can be.

Dueling Pistol

A high-quality, thin-calibre wheelock pistol made for precision. Slow to reload and fragile, they seldom saw use on the battlefield, but these weapons were quite popular in duels.

Blunderbuss

A primitive precursor of the shotgun, a blunderbuss is a short, high-caliber musket firing shot; in an emergency it can be loaded with gravel, or whatever junk is available when loading it. The trademark flared muzzle assists in loading, but was not generally very pronounced. It is mainly a weapon for city fighting and shipboard defense. The blunderbuss attacks all targets in a cone out to its range.

Dragon

The pistol version of the blunderbuss, itself a primitive precursor of the shotgun, this is is a high-caliber pistol firing shot. The trademark flared muzzle assists in loading, but was generally not very pronounced. It is a cavalry or ship boarding weapon. The dragon attacks all targets in a cone out to its range.

Snuff Gun

An early holdout pistol, the snuff gun is a small caliber, short barrel weapon concealed in some everyday item - a snuff box is the most popular, but everything from cutlery to holy symbols can have guns fitted in them. However, the craftsmanship is such that any close inspection will reveal the weapon for what it is. In addition, carrying one of these weapons around primed is quite dangerous.

Pepperbox

Multiple pistol barrels rotated to face the hammer one after the other, the pepper-box allows multiple shots without reloading. The lack of robustness makes the mechanism unreliable, and each barrel is only as powerful as a snuff gun.

Accessories

Double Barrels

All firearms except the blunderbus, dragon, and pepperbox can be made in double-barreled versions at five times the cost. This allows 2 shots before reloading.

Shot and Powder

All firearms use powder and shot that are similar enough not to make any difference, and cannot be recovered after use. Powder is very expensive, costing 5 sp per shot. Powder is carried separately until loaded in the rifle, usually in a water-tight powder horn. Shot is cheap, at 1 gp per 100 shots and lead can often be looted from pipes and roofs. The powder is the same for all firearms, while shot is made for a specific type of firearm but easily molded at any campfire. Weight is 1 lb. for 20 shots.