Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Rocket your D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E games into space! Alpha Star Magazine Is Launching... Right Now!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Firearms and the Campaign
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="BiggusGeekus" data-source="post: 2233095" data-attributes="member: 1014"><p>Solutions for game-world balance (always tricky)</p><p></p><p>1) gunpowder is susceptible to fire magic. This is my favorite option. It set up a nice magic-vs-technology theme.</p><p></p><p>2) Exotic Weap Prof route. I tried this. You end up with fighters and wizards with guns while rogues and bards tend to shy away from them. Then all you need is some history buff reading about King Henry VIII unit of guards that had guns built into their shields and it's all over. Plus, the guy who took the feat figure he's now Johnny Alchemist and starts building bombs. All this really does is encourage wizards to take a level of fighter. For world blancing it's a little weird because all the player wizards are encouraged to use a gun the way the rules are set up, but none of the NPC wizards will have them.</p><p></p><p>3) Simple Weap Prof with "to hit" penalty. This is a great way to include guns while discouraging their use. Players <em>hate</em> to hit penalties. A nice -1 hit penalty combined with a slow reload rate will reflect real-world concerns and make the longbow a more attractive option. Of course, in real life, people had to train for a long time just to be a <em>bad</em> shot with a longbow, but let's not go there right now. The penalties are reason enough for NPCs not to take the weapon seriously. If you go this route, you should rule that a natural 1 on an alchemy check to muddle with gunpowder sets the stuff off automatically. Then allow a feat with a prerequisite of five ranks in Alchemy to avoid this kind of thing from happening. </p><p></p><p>4) Wacko physics. I personally hate this option, but that's just me. Require that gunpowder requires, oh I dunno, fairy dust or whatever. This makes it more expensive to use. Great way to balance the game world. Only nobles and other wealthy folk will use guns. But this kind of thing drives me buggo. What's next? Water has a different boiling point? Bleah.</p><p></p><p>Just my two cents!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BiggusGeekus, post: 2233095, member: 1014"] Solutions for game-world balance (always tricky) 1) gunpowder is susceptible to fire magic. This is my favorite option. It set up a nice magic-vs-technology theme. 2) Exotic Weap Prof route. I tried this. You end up with fighters and wizards with guns while rogues and bards tend to shy away from them. Then all you need is some history buff reading about King Henry VIII unit of guards that had guns built into their shields and it's all over. Plus, the guy who took the feat figure he's now Johnny Alchemist and starts building bombs. All this really does is encourage wizards to take a level of fighter. For world blancing it's a little weird because all the player wizards are encouraged to use a gun the way the rules are set up, but none of the NPC wizards will have them. 3) Simple Weap Prof with "to hit" penalty. This is a great way to include guns while discouraging their use. Players [i]hate[/i] to hit penalties. A nice -1 hit penalty combined with a slow reload rate will reflect real-world concerns and make the longbow a more attractive option. Of course, in real life, people had to train for a long time just to be a [i]bad[/i] shot with a longbow, but let's not go there right now. The penalties are reason enough for NPCs not to take the weapon seriously. If you go this route, you should rule that a natural 1 on an alchemy check to muddle with gunpowder sets the stuff off automatically. Then allow a feat with a prerequisite of five ranks in Alchemy to avoid this kind of thing from happening. 4) Wacko physics. I personally hate this option, but that's just me. Require that gunpowder requires, oh I dunno, fairy dust or whatever. This makes it more expensive to use. Great way to balance the game world. Only nobles and other wealthy folk will use guns. But this kind of thing drives me buggo. What's next? Water has a different boiling point? Bleah. Just my two cents! [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Firearms and the Campaign
Top
