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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 9825518" data-attributes="member: 710">A short rest is an hour in standard D&D, that's way too long, but I understand that a regular action might make it seem way too fast, and anything more than a single action is awkward to handle and difficult to balance. Imagine if someone was carrying multiple loaded muskets, or had a servant reaching it to them!Maybe reloading is an action that requires concentration, so if you take damage while reloading, you may be interrupted. (With or without the additional caveat that you can't take the reload action if you're still in melee). That might come close to the desired frequency. A suggestion: Reloading a Firearm: To reload a firearm, there must be no enemy within 5 ft and you must take an action for the Musket or a quick action for the Pistol. The weapon is reloaded only at the start of your next turn, requiring concentration. If your concentration is broken, the weapon is not reloaded, but you can try again.Firearm Master feat would then allow you to reload even while in melee. (I think if reloading in melee is impossible to learn, players really won't be that interested in playing a Firearm user, it becomes too impractical).Regarding damage expectations: That saving is for half damage only makes it potentially better than most Cantrips, which usually require a hit or failed save to deal damage at all. But a Cantrip requires no action or concentration to recharge and can be used every time, so that's the baseline.You might want the damage to scale with levels like Cantrips do, too, otherwise it becomes a lot less interesting to use at high levels.The baseline would probably be something like 2.x Cantrips worth of damage for 1-action-reload, and 1.y Cantrips worth of average damage for 1-bonus-action-reloads. That is assuming you can really make only one attack per turn and can't use your second attack with a different weapon.</blockquote>

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