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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marc17" data-source="post: 9825349" data-attributes="member: 7054182">Makes sense if you are trying for the feeling of say firearms in samurai movies like The Seven Samurai. They are not without their flaws, but feared as even a commoner could take out a highly skilled warrior with one. Since Hit Points are not Meat Points (except when they are), then even a failed save by a higher level character might just be a close miss in description, but putting "the fear" into the target with a close miss. It certainly changes them from a bow, but also into something much deadlier than a normal melee or missile weapon, but if that is the mood you are looking at, I'd say try it in play*.There are two ways that I see that would affect the mood of the game. Make them expensive weapons to make a fire, a special item that is only used typically by the rich or powerful. Although, those with the money and power could use their money and power to arm commoners with them and use that to dominate the battlefield or even personal conflicts. Could look to Lone WOlf and Cub comic for other treatments.Still even a short rest to reload is pretty outrageous. Auto damage is very powerful, but I'd balance it out with some thing like five rounds to reload a rifle or musket. Too long for any sort of one to one combat, but works in mass combat with ranked fire (and pikemen to defend). Then with the feat, make reloading one or two full rounds to reload. Something that could be used by an adventurer in certain situations as opposed to just having a bandolier of pistols, dropping them as fired to draw new ones.** I'd also bring down the range of pistols  by a good amount, half at least.*I do think this treatment is not just differentiating them from bows, but making them something that would be an integral part of the setting being played in. When 20 commoners could just automatically deal 40d12, half on save to a character, it tends to alter the setting.**And that is the logical extension of this treatment of firearms that will be assumed by anybody who can afford them.</blockquote>

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