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--- weapons [2020/01/05 22:55] – dungeonmaster
+++ weapons [2020/08/28 22:57] (current) – [Misfiring and Backfiring] dungeonmaster
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 | Club | B | 1 | A thick wooden stick generally swung one-handed. |
 | Dagger | P + Po? | 1 | A thin one-handed blade made for piercing. Assassins and thieves sometimes coat it with poison. |
-| Fist | B | 1 | |
+| Fist | B | 0 | |
 | Great Sword | S*5 | 2 | This huge sword is generally swung two-handed. |
 | Handaxe | S*2 | 1 | A short-handled axe generally swung one-handed. |
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 ^ Name ^ Offense (([[abbreviations|Abbreviations Key]])) ^ Range ^ Encumbrance ^ Description ^
 | Blowgun | Po | Short| 1 | A hollow reed blown with a puff of air which releases a barbed thorn, generally coated in poison and wielded one-handed. |
-| Bola | See Description | Short | 1 | A capturing device generally with three leather strings that tie around the legs of a creature and bring them down. A successful Dexterity vs Personal attack will determine if the opponent loses their next turn. |
+| Bola | Special | Short | 1 | A capturing device generally with three leather strings that tie around the legs of a creature and bring them down. A successful Dexterity vs Personal attack will determine if the opponent loses their next turn. |
 | Boomerang | S | Short | 1 | A sharp curved stick thrown one-handed. If it misses, it returns to the wielder to be thrown again. |
-| Dart | P + Po? | Short | 1 (see Description) | A small thrown weapon with a heavy piercing tip wielded one-handed. All darts cost only one encumbrance altogether. |
+| Dart | P + Po? | Short | Special | A small thrown weapon with a heavy piercing tip wielded one-handed. All darts cost only one encumbrance altogether. |
 | Flail | B*2 or P | Short | 1 | A flail is has a chain with a handle on one end (for wielding it one-handed) and a heavy ball, often spiked, on the other end.  |
 | Glaive | S*3 | Short | 1 | A heavy one-handed bladed star sent spinning at opponents. Sure, it's mechanics don't really work, but it's cool. |
 | Handcrossbow | P + Po? | Short | 1 | A small one-handed crossbow often used by thieves and assassins because it is easily concealed. The quarrels are usually poisoned. |
-| Heavy Crossbow | P*3 | Long | 2 | A heavy two-handed crossbow. Because of the difficult in loading the weapon, it can only be fired every other round. |
+| Heavy Crossbow | P*3 | Long | 1 | A heavy two-handed crossbow. Because of the difficulty in loading the weapon, it can only be fired every other round. |
 | Javelin | P*2 | Medium | 1 | A long handled thrown weapon with a sharp tip on both ends. It's essentially a spear specially made for throwing, but unusable as a melee weapon or pole-arm. |
-| Lasso | See Description | Short | 1 | A rope tied into a loop with a slipknot, generally wielded from horseback. A successful Dexterity vs Personal attack will determine if the opponent loses their next turn. |
+| Lasso | Special | Short | 1 | A rope tied into a loop with a slipknot, generally wielded from horseback. A successful Dexterity vs Personal attack will determine if the opponent loses their next turn. |
 | Light Crossbow | P*2 | Medium | 1 | A two-handed crossbow much lighter and easier to load than the heavy crossbow, but it also does less damage. |
-| Longbow | P*3 | Long | 1 | A two-handed bow for shooting long range. |
+| Longbow | P*3 | Long | 2 | A two-handed bow for shooting long range. |
-| Net | See Description | Short | 1 | A capturing device constructed of a metal net with several heavy ends. A successful Dexterity vs Personal attack will determine if the opponent is captured. A captured opponent does not have any actions until they are freed, usually with a successful Dexterity Skill Check by themselves or others trying to free them. |
+| Net | Special | Short | 1 | A capturing device constructed of a metal net with several heavy ends. A successful Dexterity vs Personal attack will determine if the opponent is captured. A captured opponent does not have any actions until they are freed, usually with a successful Dexterity Skill Check by themselves or others trying to free them. |
-| Shuriken | P | Short | 1 (see Description) | A one-handed thrown weapon shaped more or less like a star with sharpened edges. All shurikens cost only one encumbrance altogether. |
+| Shuriken | P | Short | Special | A one-handed thrown weapon shaped more or less like a star with sharpened edges. All shurikens cost only one encumbrance altogether. |
 | Shortbow | P*2 | Medium | 1 | A two-handed bow for shooting short range. |
 | Sling | B*2 | Medium | 1 | A long one-handed leather string with an end for placing stones or iron pellets. The leather string is swung repeatedly and the stone or pellet is loosed at its target. |
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 | Throwing Dagger | P*2 + Po? | Short | 1 | A dagger weighted properly for throwing one-handed. |
 | Throwing Hammer | B*2 | Short | 1 | A hammer weighted properly for throwing one-handed. |
-| Throwing Knife | P + Po? | Short | 1 (See description) | A knife weighted properly for throwing one-handed. Unlike knives made for wielding, the throwing knife is generally just a smaller dagger which is more easily concealed. All throwing knives cost only one encumbrance altogether. |
+| Throwing Knife | P + Po? | Short | Special | A knife weighted properly for throwing one-handed. Unlike knives made for wielding, the throwing knife is generally just a smaller dagger which is more easily concealed. All throwing knives cost only one encumbrance altogether. |
 | Whip | S | Short | 1 | A long leather string with a handle. It is whipped in such a way as to strike with such force and speed that it will slice open skin and crack loudly (from breaking the sound barrier). |
-==== Modern Ranged Weapons ====
+===== Firearms =====
-The following are shown for comparisons with modern day weapons. The GM is welcome to introduce these into their campaign if they so choose but should probably give a reason why they exist or have some notion that these are some ancient alternative.
+Firearms may not be available in all campaigns. The GM is welcome to introduce these into their campaign if they so choose. Ancient firearms tended to be slow to load and finicky when fired. The GM may choose to add these factors into their own game if they so choose, but this isn't generally necessary considering standard weapons and magic do considerable damage in their own right, and nerfing firearms only serves to make it so characters wouldn't want to take them even if they were available.
-^ Name ^ Offense (([[abbreviations|Abbreviations Key]])) ^ Range ^ Encumbrance ^
+^ Name ^ Offense (([[abbreviations|Abbreviations Key]])) ^ Range ^ Encumbrance ^ Description ^
-| Pistol | P*4 | Long | 1 |
+| Cannon | B*6, Bu*10 | Extra-Long | Cannot be carried | Generally rolled around or mounted. Useful on ships or rolled around on the battlefield as a siege weapon. Ammunition (cannon ball) explodes on impact causing burning damage to everything within five meters of the point of impact. Burning damage is caused whether or not blunt damage is taken. Cannon loading requires a combat action. |
-| Rifle | P*4 | Extra-Long | 1 |
+| Musket | B*4 | Long | 1 | If mounted with a bayonet, can cause damage as a spear at closer range. Muskets require a combat action to load and only contain one ball, so depending on the number of actions a character has, a character might only be able to fire a musket every other round. |
-| Shotgun | P*5 | Medium | 1 |
+| Pistol | P*4 | Long | 1 | Pistols generally contain six shots (more for modern pistols with magazines). Fully reloading pistols takes a combat action unless the bullets are part of a magazine in which case they are a non-combat action. |
+| Rifle | P*4 | Extra-Long | 1 | Rifles generally are generally loaded with one to four bullets (more for modern magazines, which might have ten or more). Loading a rifle takes a non-combat action unless the bullets are part of a magazine in which case they are a non-combat action. |
+| Shotgun | P*5 | Medium | 1 | Shotguns generally contain six shots. Fully loading a shotgun takes a combat action. |
+==== Misfiring and Backfiring ====
+If a character rolls all 1s, the gun is considered to have misfired or backfired, and even if the attacker has more dice than the defender and would have done damage, it does no damage the defender. Instead all dice damage is counted toward the attacker as burning damage and the weapon cannot be used again during that battle. If no dice would have been done to the defender, it is considered to have simply misfired and can be used again the next round.
-==== Ranges ====
+===== Ranges =====
 Short-ranged weapons have a maximum range of 10 meters, less in the case of a whip or flail.