I play in a moderately-sized Western Marches style campaign, and we've recently added a blacksmith who is able to craft weapons or armor with various materials and add one of a list of traits to said item. I'm playing the gunslinger from Matt Mercer's fighter archetype PDF, and I'm trying to come up with ideas, since the blacksmith does not have pre-existing options for firearms. So first, here's what the base weapon does :
1d8 piercing damage
Can fire twice before reloading
Fires in a cone with 15/30 range
Doubled damage if fired at point-blank range
Misfires on a roll of 3 or less.
I plan to almost always use the weapon in melee range for the doubled damage. Options we've thought of so far include:
Adding a choke for increasing distance or possibly crit range, but it would sacrifice the cone spread.
Adding a blade to the weapon, but I would prefer to stay away from making melee attacks.
Looking forward to seeing what ideas you guys have
1d8 piercing damage
Can fire twice before reloading
Fires in a cone with 15/30 range
Doubled damage if fired at point-blank range
Misfires on a roll of 3 or less.
I plan to almost always use the weapon in melee range for the doubled damage. Options we've thought of so far include:
Adding a choke for increasing distance or possibly crit range, but it would sacrifice the cone spread.
Adding a blade to the weapon, but I would prefer to stay away from making melee attacks.
Looking forward to seeing what ideas you guys have
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