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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Garnet Schist" data-source="post: 1002412" data-attributes="member: 9846">"What are the stats for the gunblade. What happens when you crit with one?"I'm going with a slightly altered, but still basically Bean 2.0's idea:Gunblade Large exotic double weapondamage 2d4/1d8crit (19-20)x2/x3weight 30damage type slashing/piercingrange increment -/5cost 2,600 gp (always materwork)Bullets 5 gp for clips of ten (1/4 each clip)The gun part can be fired from 5 feet away, but it was not intended for this use.  Any time a user fires at a target more than 5 feet away gains a -6 to hit, even with proficiency.Keening properties do not affect the gun part of the Gun Blade.When you roll a natural 20 (or 19-20 when you get the ability), and have Reflex, you can opt to fire a round into the wound your sword has just created.  The bullet hits automatically (essentially shooting a bullet into the hole your sword just cut) and does 1d8 x 3 damage, as well as the Sword's crit damage.I feel the "big crit" is balance by the poor base damage of the sword itself.  2d4 on a twohanded weapon is like a scythe, except a scythe multiplies it by 4 (str included) on a crit while the sword is only x2 (and strength bonus doesn't apply to the bullet). "You say that it has nothing to do with magic yet they have a feat that allows them to give a sword an enhancment bonus."When I meant "non-magical", I was referring to the actual bullet/shell inside the sword.  The magic craft comes later, sure.  But it's still a sword filled with explosive black powder."Also the recycle skill isn't much use if they can't make other magical weapons. This seems to clash with the "no magic, just bullets" theme.I didn't want the PrC to be too overpowered.  So on most of the abilities, I limited it to just Gun Blades.  This can be somewhat of a handy-cap, if the only Gun Blade you can recycle are the ones you make usually, but I kinda intended for that to be the situation.  Also, I wanted the guy to be able to upgrade his own weapon without worrying about all the EXP loss.Finally, since a character in this campaign can just use a revolver. Why would they not only use but focus on the gunblade to this extent. Final Fantasy is a lot more whimsical than D&D which I feel has a stronger tie with reality (yes, I know it's also fantasy and you should also never use 'real world' logic but it's a big issue.)At this point in the setting I was envisioning this gun to be: there are guns, but they are still not very accurate.  The best part about a Gun Blade, is that if you hit you enemy, you know the bullet is going to hit.  I'm sure a GM could use a little bit of disbelief on the fact that everyone would probably want a Desert Eagle over their broadsword <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Gunblade, spff. Shotgun-axe. Now there's a weapon I wouldn't mind using.I think that's a PrC for another time...That sounds like an awesome weapon. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Boom stick indeed.</blockquote>

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