Warren Okuma
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Brown Bess (A musket) needed 85 grains to propel a one ounce musket ball...dougmander said:Gunpowder is a low explosive, without the concussive effects of high explosives.
In my own Northern Crown rules, a 5-lb. keg (over 2000 grams) of gunpowder does 5d6 damage on a direct hit, 3d6 within 5 feet, and 1 d6 within 10 feet. A grenade (2 lbs, or less than 1000 grams) does 3d6 on a direct hit, 1d6 within 5 feet. I would rule that 300 grams would do no more than 1d6 on a direct hit.
That's 4630 grains for 300 grams.
So, you can fire 54 times with a brown bess... Under the right conditions it should do more than 1D6 damage. But if the conditions are wrong 1D6 seems about right.