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<blockquote data-quote="Nemesis Destiny" data-source="post: 5390380" data-attributes="member: 98255">I'm planning on running a game in the near future in which one of the players, and possibly some of the NPCs and/or enemies will be using gunpowder weapons.I've searched here and there around the online 4e blogs and such, and have found some 4e firearms rules I liked, and some I didn't. I picked-and-chose the things I liked and came up with something resembling houserules I'm happy with.That said, I wanted to ask around to see what others are using. What works? What doesn't? I'm looking for people with playtest feedback here, I'm less interested in the theoretical. I know the ins &amp; outs of 4e theorycraft well enough to make those kinds of predictions (ZOMG BR0KEN!!!!11 or meh, weaksauce), but enough experience to know that sometimes what it looks like on paper and what happens in-game are two totally different things.I will start by saying that they are absolutely going to be Superior weapons, requiring a feat to use. In my campaign they are rare, expensive and somewhat realistic in that I'm leaning toward slow ROF, crappy range, and poor accuracy, but high damage.We're looking at smooth bores (rifling has not been discovered yet, or if it has, the dwarves are keeping it secret), flintlock firing mechanism (for relative simplicity and usability),&nbsp; and good ol' gunpowder with lead balls for shot.In this campaign guns and magic do not mix.I will post what I came up with after I see some other things I haven't seen before.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nemesis Destiny, post: 5390380, member: 98255"] I'm planning on running a game in the near future in which one of the players, and possibly some of the NPCs and/or enemies will be using gunpowder weapons. I've searched here and there around the online 4e blogs and such, and have found some 4e firearms rules I liked, and some I didn't. I picked-and-chose the things I liked and came up with something resembling houserules I'm happy with. That said, I wanted to ask around to see what others are using. What works? What doesn't? I'm looking for people with [B]playtest feedback[/B] here, I'm less interested in the theoretical. I know the ins & outs of 4e theorycraft well enough to make those kinds of predictions (ZOMG BR0KEN!!!!11 or meh, weaksauce), but enough experience to know that sometimes what it looks like on paper and what happens in-game are two totally different things. I will start by saying that they are absolutely going to be Superior weapons, requiring a feat to use. In my campaign they are rare, expensive and somewhat realistic in that I'm leaning toward slow ROF, crappy range, and poor accuracy, but high damage. We're looking at smooth bores (rifling has not been discovered yet, or if it has, the dwarves are keeping it secret), flintlock firing mechanism (for relative simplicity and usability), and good ol' gunpowder with lead balls for shot. In this campaign guns and magic do not mix. I will post what I came up with after I see some other things I haven't seen before. [/QUOTE]

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