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Just in case anyone else has a player ask them about multibarreled firearms, seen as the pdf illustration is double barrelled pistols, I did some research, just to appease the player, and this is what i quoted for them:
'...flintlocks were sometimes produced with two, three, four or more barrels for multiple shots. These designs tended to be costly to make and were often unreliable and dangerous. While weapons like double barreled shotguns were reasonably safe, weapons like the pepperbox revolver would sometimes fire all barrels simultaneously, or would sometimes just explode in the user's hand. It was often less expensive, safer, and more reliable to carry several single-shot weapons instead...' (from Askjeeves Encyclopedia)
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Providing that you can't find a multi-barreled gun in a store, it would require a craft check to make one. They probably would be more unstable than single-barreled guns, as each barrel would have its own misfire chance. And I would even suggest that if all barrels fire simultaneously with one pull of the trigger, then the misfire rate should be cumulative (i.e. a double-barreled musket would misfire on natural 1-4, and explode on a natural 1-8 if fired while broken). An exploding barrel would probably also render all the other barrels "broken," assuming the damage isn't enough to destroy the entire gun.
So I have to houserule the four-barelled shotgun?
So I have to houserule the four-barelled shotgun?
Have you seen 'Utu' (sp)?
PS- It is I , Ewan. :)
So I have to houserule the four-barelled shotgun?Have you seen 'Utu' (sp)?
Bulletstorm trailer.
It is I , Ewan. :)
Oh, thanks for pointing that out.
That's the problem with those greasemonkey scripts. They don't get aliases. I'll have to do it by hand.
What, no sniper rifle? I wanted my mile-long range increment!
But yeah, considering the prices of the ordinary guns, I imagine anything more advanced being ridiculously pricey.
What, no sniper rifle? I wanted my mile-long range increment!
Sniper rifles are boring. I want them to put back the missile into magic missile!
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So I have to houserule the four-barelled shotgun?Have you seen 'Utu' (sp)?
PS- It is I , Ewan. :)
It makes me happy. Looks insanely uncomfortable to fire, what with the two stocks, but as an engineering feat you just gotta say 'well done'.
What, no sniper rifle? I wanted my mile-long range increment!Sniper rifles are boring. I want them to put back the missile into magic missile!
And now for the campaign where the elves invade the dwarves because they have WMDs.