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[aiouh]

In the spirit of Shadowdark's system, how would you handle black powder weapons?

Rather than opining on what I think Shadowdark's Spirit is (for which everyone will have a different opinion) I would rather ask you what you want your game to feel like and what you want those characters and weapons to mean and then work from there.

At the end of the day you are designing a game for your friends, it's not a medieval combat simulator.

 

[NN]

Designing the world around the minis seems like putting the flea before the horse before the cart.

 

[Velderan]

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These seem like a solid starting place.

I like the misfire table. I think I would probably try to combine that with what @overgeeked posted except allowing AC bonuses for dexterity? Hmm.

 

[Bae'zel]

Rather than opining on what I think Shadowdark's Spirit is (for which everyone will have a different opinion) I would rather ask you what you want your game to feel like and what you want those characters and weapons to mean and then work from there.

At the end of the day you are designing a game for your friends, it's not a medieval combat simulator.

Okay, I'll give it a shot (heh).

How would you think the designer of Shadowdark (Kelsey) would do it? What would such an item "look like" alongside the other weapons in this game?

No I do not want a medieval combat simulator. IF that was was my intent, I'd play Mythras or GURPS, not Shadowdark, obviously.

Designing the world around the minis seems like putting the flea before the horse before the cart.

I have cool minis. I want to use them. These 2 minis have guns. Hence I want guns in my Shadowdark game. It's that simple, really.

EDIT: I'm a little surprised by the snark, to be honest. What did I do wrong by asking this question?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

How would you think the designer of Shadowdark (Kelsey) would do it? What would such an item "look like" alongside the other weapons in this game?

I suspect she'd start with crossbows, add a penalty on wandering monster checks and maybe bump the damage die up one notch.

I don't have any problem with black powder myself -- it predates some of the most iconic armor used in D&D -- but I think it would be handled as simply as possible.

 

[Fenris-77]

So I'll be running Castle Ravenloft with Shadowdark soon (as per Sly Flourish's ideas).

I'm using the Darkest Dungeon boardgame minis for the pre-generated PCs (a pool to draw from once someone dies).

Problem is, two of the heroes (the highwayman and the musketeer) are clearly depicted with gunpowder weapons.

In the spirit of Shadowdark's system, how would you handle black powder weapons?

This is my Black Powder armoury page from Shadows of Empire.

 

[Bae'zel]

This is my Black Powder armoury page from Shadows of Empire.

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This is perfect and I just checked out the preview of this book of yours. SOLD! Gonna buy this straight away. It's perfect for running my "Darkest Dungeon" inspired Shadowdark.

Thanks!

(fake edit: I love that you used d66 tables, very Mordheim )

 

[Fenris-77]

This is perfect and I just checked out the preview of this book of yours. SOLD! Gonna buy this straight away. It's perfect for running my "Darkest Dungeon" inspired Shadowdark.

Thanks!

(fake edit: I love that you used d66 tables, very Mordheim )

Awesome! Let me know how it treats you.

 

[Bae'zel]

Awesome! Let me know how it treats you.

I just printed it at work (it can do booklet printing and I have access to one of those super long staplers). So far it's really great from a scan. The Misfire tables are nice and simple while being thematic.

Two Githyanki thumbs up so far!

 

[SpellObjectEnthusiast]

This is my Black Powder armoury page from Shadows of Empire.

Very cool, thanks for sharing