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James Gasik reacted to Frozen_Heart's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E with
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Yeah it weirds me out how people say that guns could never be balanced in DnD, when the PHB literally has functional and balanced guns... -
James Gasik replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E.I've long wondered why we can't have at least fire arrows, since there are perfectly good reasons for "martials" to need sources of...
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James Gasik reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E with Like.
I mentioned AoE and saving throw attacks upthread but guns could also be used for giving martials more energy damage attacks, ice...
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Guardians of the Flame books were my favorite as a 12 year old. Half of me wants to reread them to see if they still stand up, the...
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James Gasik reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E with Like.
That point is magic. Because you cannot even remotely adjudicate hit point damage of meat vs luck when magic missile auto hits and a...
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James Gasik reacted to nevin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E with
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In my experience it's not that guns are the problem its that most people want thier fantasy to be fantasy and guns don't fit into that... -
James Gasik replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E.Forgotten Realms, 2e. Gond gave the Lantanese the arquebus, which was then sold throughout the Realms with his symbol stamped on the...
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James Gasik replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E.Animated crossbow. Loads itself, fires itself, never complains or gets tired. Sounds great!
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James Gasik reacted to Frozen_Heart's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E with Like.
I've never seen the issue with firearms in DnD, and I'd definitely allow them assuming that particular setting supports them (pistol and...
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James Gasik replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E.I would daresay most DM's would balk at the idea of being able to mass produce magic items because they see such things as "rare and...
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James Gasik reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E with Like.
Early versions of firearms were kind of crap. But they were loud and belched smoke which would be terrifying ... except magic would...
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James Gasik reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E with Like.
D&D's number of attacks per round is already incredibly abstract. The rate of fire on a crossbow is already far greater than you can do...
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James Gasik reacted to Laurefindel's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E with Like.
Without going all AK47, early firearms generally run into the problem that their historical rate of fire is nowhere near the number of...
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James Gasik reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E with Like.
There does seem to be a weird through line where discussing guns in D&D somehow encompasses every gun from the matchlock to the AK-47...
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James Gasik replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E.Modern firearms, yes. But I was talking about earlier firearms- my specific example was a Napoleonic era rifle, and the benchmark of...