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<blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 8952480" data-attributes="member: 5948"><p>I spent a bunch of time messing with different ways to implement this style of gunpowder weapon in-game a while back. The basic assumptions and design of the attack and action economy make it really hard though. One option i looked at was having a special rule for gunpowder weapons that meant that you couldn't use Extra Attack with them, but instead you multiplied damage up based on the number of attacks you would have gotten. So a fighter with a musket at 5th level would make one attack for double damage, and at 10th level would make one attack for triple damage.</p><p></p><p>It's the edge cases that make it hard though. What about two-weapon fighting, or attacks you make with your reaction due to battlemaster maneuvers etc? What about kensai monks and extra Flurry of Blows attacks, or Haste? It'd be very easy to make something very unbalanced that your group's resident minmaxer would abuse ridiculously.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="humble minion, post: 8952480, member: 5948"] I spent a bunch of time messing with different ways to implement this style of gunpowder weapon in-game a while back. The basic assumptions and design of the attack and action economy make it really hard though. One option i looked at was having a special rule for gunpowder weapons that meant that you couldn't use Extra Attack with them, but instead you multiplied damage up based on the number of attacks you would have gotten. So a fighter with a musket at 5th level would make one attack for double damage, and at 10th level would make one attack for triple damage. It's the edge cases that make it hard though. What about two-weapon fighting, or attacks you make with your reaction due to battlemaster maneuvers etc? What about kensai monks and extra Flurry of Blows attacks, or Haste? It'd be very easy to make something very unbalanced that your group's resident minmaxer would abuse ridiculously. [/QUOTE]
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