I´m considering to build a "magical" firearm, but i don´t know if you can craft firearms with special materials, like adamantine, mitrhal or stainless steel, also, i don't know if the rules of magical weapons would apply to firearms
For example,
Crafting a +5 flaming burst pepperbox riffle made of mitrhal.
Also, should it be trated as a proyectile weapon for the porpousse of determinating HP and hardness?
Stainless steel isn't a material in PF (Not to mention it's actually a terrible material for weapons in real life). I would certainly say the "functional" part of a gun is the barrel, which you could make out of mithral, but it's really up to your GM.
Also, for HP and hardness, it would likely be considered a projectile, but for hardness you would use the hardness of the chosen special material.
Talking with your DM is the first step.
An adamantine firearm has one advantage over a normal one: it's harder to sunder.
Crafting adamantine bullets is the trick here.
A +5 flaming burst pepperbox riffle should be possible.
(IMHO)
Magic weapon rules apply as normal, but Franz is right: You need silver bullets to kill werewolves, not silver guns.
If we talked about realism though building guns out of special materials would likely see marked improvements over conventional materials. I'm not sure I'd want to shoot Adamantine bullets out of a conventional barrel though. I feel like to would degrade the barrel quite quickly and decrease performance. In contrast, an adamantine barrel is likely to be able to handle a much greater powder load either offering opportunities to increase round size or simply muzzle velocity.
I´m considering to build a "magical" firearm, but i don´t know if you can craft firearms with special materials, like adamantine, mitrhal or stainless steel, also, i don't know if the rules of magical weapons would apply to firearmsFor example,
Crafting a +5 flaming burst pepperbox riffle made of mitrhal.Also, should it be trated as a proyectile weapon for the porpousse of determinating HP and hardness?
Outside of making it nice and shiny, and changing it's weight, mithral or other special materials does absolutely nothing for a firearm unless you're using it as a club.
You want the special materials on your bullets.
Oh absolutely, by the "real world" adamantine bullets (and its ability to ignore hardness) would gouge out the rifling every time you fired it, probably eventually just shredding the barrel (if it didn't explode first from the weakening). By the rules though, you don't have to worry about that.
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Hm. I keep imagining PF guns as smoothbores, so rifling wouldn't really be an issue.
And, as mentioned many times, it's the bit of the weapon hitting the enemy you have to worry about. So you'd want cold iron or adamantine bullets, just like you'd need them for sling bullets, bolts, or arrows. Of course, one could just say that the adamantine is in a copper jacket, where only the tip is exposed?
Yes, you can make a firearm out of a special material. However, like bows and crossbows, it doesn't change what the ammunition is made of (i.e., bullets fired from an adamantine firearm will not penetrate DR/adamantine, unless the bullets are also adamantine).
If you want a firearm to weigh less, then you can make it out of mithral (gets expensive pretty quickly, though).
My favorite, though, is to make the firearm out of living steel for the self-repair. It still requires clearing and cleaning, but the barrel will mend any damage to itself.
Yes, you can make a firearm out of a special material. However, like bows and crossbows, it doesn't change what the ammunition is made of (i.e., bullets fired from an adamantine firearm will not penetrate DR/adamantine, unless the bullets are also adamantine).
If you want a firearm to weigh less, then you can make it out of mithral (gets expensive pretty quickly, though).
My favorite, though, is to make the firearm out of living steel for the self-repair. It still requires clearing and cleaning, but the barrel will mend any damage to itself.
I like the idea of making the firearm out of adamantine to handle absurdly high pressure propellants.
Oh absolutely, by the "real world" adamantine bullets (and its ability to ignore hardness) would gouge out the rifling every time you fired it, probably eventually just shredding the barrel (if it didn't explode first from the weakening). By the rules though, you don't have to worry about that.
(snip)
Hm. I keep imagining PF guns as smoothbores, so rifling wouldn't really be an issue.
And, as mentioned many times, it's the bit of the weapon hitting the enemy you have to worry about. So you'd want cold iron or adamantine bullets, just like you'd need them for sling bullets, bolts, or arrows. Of course, one could just say that the adamantine is in a copper jacket, where only the tip is exposed?
I guess you could use a fin-stabilized adamantine dart encased in a discarding sabot if you are using a smoothbore gun.
Magic. Golems have all kinds of weird properties that their materials don't.