| Bahamutkotd |
So I'm playing in a S&S game and since we're not doing it as a pfs transfer table or anything it could be considered a home game. The GM has allowed me to play a gunslinger, but warned me guns will not be included in the loot. Which I agreed to fine i'll work on making my gun better.
But then we take the ship and assignments are going out and the gunnery officer comes up and I jump on it. First thought, a ways out mind you outfit our ship with cannons!
For referance Balistia vs Cannons, And other sources say that cannons hit touch ac in the first range increment of 100 ft for 6d6 or average 21 damage and a gunslinger could make 1 for 3000 gold. I haven't figure what the cost of each shot would be, yet...
But is there an rational I can use to be allowed to outfit our ships with cannons... maybe not in the second book as it takes 3000g and 6 ppl vs 500g and 2 people to fire cannons/balistia
| Bahamutkotd |
Mind you I wasn't thinking ahead and used the pistlero gunslinger archetype so in order to use the cannons i'll have to burn a feat. I would argue against being able to build cannons as a pistliro untill i have ewp(firearms) and that would and 5th lvl would qualify me for siege engineer.
each cannon shot would be 100gp for black powder alone, or 10gp for me sourching the gunpowder myself, and 30g per shot, or 3gp for a gunslinger so 13g per cannon, and I assume much less per balistia for a 120ft range and 2 full rounds vs 4
| Munkege |
For GMs this is covered in the AP, but as a player you wouldn't know. At the start of the campaign the GM makes a call about guns and gunpowder. As written, cannons,guns and powder are VERY rare in the shackles. There are a few,but they are highly valued.
If the GM allows the PCs access to gunpowder, it usually means upgrading the NPC ships to have cannons as well. It wouldn't be much of a challenge to have the PCs blasting away ballista armed ships. I'd talk with your GM. Maybe he'd be willing to create a sidequest to obtain a single cannon or the supplies to make one.