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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Archade" data-source="post: 4060513" data-attributes="member: 7654">In prepping my new campaign world for an upcoming adventure path, I'm highly tempted to use items from Ptolus, as I'm going for a late period, Grimm's Fairy Tale sort of setting (imagine Van Helsing, Brothers Grimm, or Stardust).The first thing I look to is the leather coat, which also appears in Arcana Unearthed.  For 200 gp you get light armor with +4 AC, +4 Max Dex, -2 ACP.  For people who have played AU or Ptolus, what's your feedback here?  I see this as a replacement for the Acme Adventure Kit of a Heward's Handy Haversack and a Mithril Chain Shirt (now a HHH and a Leather Coat ...)The second are the firearms.  I have a couple of questions.1) Ptolus requires Exotic Weapon Proficiency (firearms) to load and fire a gun.  I find that a little harsh, so I'll just allow a greater chance of mishap without the proficiency (1-2 the gun backfires and shoots the wielder, 3-4 the gun jams and requires a Craft (machines) DC 15 skill check to fix.  Reasonable?2) Is 1d10 or 2d6 with a critical of 20/x2 reasonable?  I'm thinking something that requires Exotic Weapon Proficiency is going to make firearms not worth it to the players.  Feedback from those who have played with them?Thanks!</blockquote>