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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zeoh" data-source="post: 7250589" data-attributes="member: 6870253">So, I'm building an artificer gunsmith for a new campaign, and the DM is open to the possibility of both I and the party's gunslinger doing "tinker checks" to invent little devices and modify our firearms/create ammo. (I believe this was based upon critical role's practices as the DM is using the critical role gunslinger sheet for the other person)I haven't checked with the DM yet and I've got way too many ideas planned to annoy him with every little thing, but one idea I had was to create a "silencer" or suppressor by crafting a silence spell (likely acquired through ritual caster or another similar feat) into a cylindrical device to be optionally attached to my thunder cannon and/or the gunslinger's pistols/rifles. (I know it seems strange, but I thought the idea of a silence spell being crafted into a device fit far better with the artificer's fantasy than a conventional suppressor. Besides, I doubt a conventional suppressor would work with the theoretical caliber of a thunder cannon's round!)Now the part that I'm wondering about: noise does not pass through a silence spell as per the wording, but it also states that targets inside of the silence do not take thunder damage. Does this mean that thunder damage is purely sound in 5e, or something more? If so, could the thunder cannon's "thunder monger" ability that adds multiple d6's of thunder damage to the shot still pass through and strike the target, or would the thunder damage immediately be stripped from the attack after passing into the silenced area at the end of the barrel? (the idea behind this is to use the firearms for infiltration missions without drawing the attention of the entire dungeon on the first shot)Again, I think this all comes down to whether thunder damage is exclusively made up of sound or something more. Either way I can come up with plenty of other cool ideas to tinker with and it'll all come down to DM interpretation anyways, but I thought I'd like to hear what others think on this matter.</blockquote>

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