Weapon Blanches and Alchemical cartridges

[camdian]

Michael Brock wrote:

That's a question for the design team for the overall rules set and not just PFS. We don't allow creating custom items in PFS for numerous reasons. It sounds what you are asking for is a custom item that isn't listed in any Rulebook. Please ask your question a few forums up so the design team can address.

Thanks, I will do that.

[Jason Wu]

Er, I thought it had been established that actual special material bullets were permissable in PFS, you just couldn't apply weapon blanches.

And as said earlier, that exposed-bullet paper cartridge picture is of a Miniball cartridge, which is a much later bullet design which I'm pretty sure doesn't exist yet on Golarion.

-j

[kinevon]

Jason Wu wrote:

Er, I thought it had been established that actual special material bullets were permissable in PFS, you just couldn't apply weapon blanches.

And as said earlier, that exposed-bullet paper cartridge picture is of a Miniball cartridge, which is a much later bullet design which I'm pretty sure doesn't exist yet on Golarion.

-j

Special material bullets are fine, it was a question on alchemical cartridges using special materials for the included bullet that was the question, and would be considered a custom item.

Can you make a Durable bullet? ;)

[SCPRedMage]

kinevon wrote:

Special material bullets are fine, it was a question on alchemical cartridges using special materials for the included bullet that was the question, and would be considered a custom item.

Not quite; special material cartridges are fine, the issue is with weapon blanches. In other words, you can get adamantine paper cartridges, but you couldn't use an adamantine weapon blanch on a paper cartridge.

[Paz]

Exactly; cold iron, silver, adamantine etc. special materials are fine; calculate the cost as normal (based on 12gp per paper cartridge and the special material rules) then apply the 50% gunsmithing discount.

It's things like ghost touch where you run into problems, as you can't apply ghost salt weapon blanch to alchemical cartridges.

[Du Nord]

Nefreet wrote up a great post in regards to this subject, along with links backing up all official decisions. This is something handy that all gunslingers should keep around, especially when messing with different material types.

Nefreet's Post