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Hey all!
Pistol, Double-Barreled: This pistol has two parallel barrels; each barrel can be fired independently as a separate action, or both can be shot at once with the same action. If both barrels are shot at once, they must both target the same creature or object, and the pistol becomes wildly inaccurate, imparting a –4 penalty on each shot.
How dose misfire work on two barrels? Would each barrel have a chance based off the roll, or would one misfire affect both barrels? Would two misfires on the same roll (both barrels fired at the same time) explode the gun?
Hey all!
Pistol, Double-Barreled: This pistol has two parallel barrels; each barrel can be fired independently as a separate action, or both can be shot at once with the same action. If both barrels are shot at once, they must both target the same creature or object, and the pistol becomes wildly inaccurate, imparting a –4 penalty on each shot.How dose misfire work on two barrels? Would each barrel have a chance based off the roll, or would one misfire affect both barrels? Would two misfires on the same roll (both barrels fired at the same time) explode the gun?
Misfires: If the natural result of your attack roll falls within a firearm's misfire value, that shot misses, even if you would have otherwise hit the target. When a firearm misfires, it gains the broken condition. While it has the broken condition, it suffers the normal disadvantages that broken weapons do, and its misfire value increases by 4 unless the wielder has gun training in the particular type of firearm. In that case, the misfire value increases by 2 instead of 4.
Early Firearms: If an early firearm with the broken condition misfires again, it explodes. When a nonmagical firearm explodes, the weapon is destroyed. Magical firearms are wrecked, which means they can't fire until they are fully restored (which requires either the make whole spell or the Gunsmithing feat). When a gun explodes, pick one corner of your square—the explosion creates a burst from that point of origin. Each firearm has a burst size noted in parentheses after its misfire value. Any creature within this burst (including the firearm's wielder) takes damage as if it had been hit by the weapon—a DC 12 Reflex save halves this damage.
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I would rule that because you are firing both barrels at the same time the following would happen.
-You roll two d20's to see if you hit, these BOTH have a chance to cause a misfire.
-If a misfire occures your weapon gains the broken condition.
Because you are using both barrels at the same time the misfire penalty does not have the opportunity to stack with the other shot. So your gun is considered broken for the next attack, and not the second barrel of your initial double-barrel blast.
If you were to use the two barrels to fire mutliple independant shots in a round you would risk having each barrel misfire stack. This would occur if you had a BAB of +6/+1, for example, as one shot is fired after the other.
I hope this helps clarify, and if I am wrong I am sure someone will correct us both. :)