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The WhatNot Shop’s
Gnome Firearms
A collection of black-powder gadgets
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By : Sean Hower
Introduction: The WhatNot Shop’s gnome firearms is an arsenal of blackpowder weapons engineered by the most innovative, battle-hardened
tinkers of the land. Each is an epic gadget whose design follows the
principles detailed in Epic Gnomish Inventing. You can count on these
elegant deadlies when you need them the most. This guide also includes
two new features that can be used to build other epic gadget.
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Introduction...............................................3
About Our Gnome Firearms...................................... 3
Firearms Proficiency.............................................. 3
Advanced Features ............................................... 3
Inventory...................................................5
BattleBlaster....................................................... 5
Blunderbuss........................................................ 6
Crossbow Plus...................................................... 7
Dead Eye............................................................ 8
Dragon Cannon..................................................... 9
Pistol............................................................... 10
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In t r o d u c t i o n
Zana Daergel’s WhatNot Shop is the premiere
boutique for unusual antiques and collectables. Zana
prides herself on acquiring only the most intriguing
equipment, clothing, trinkets, furnishings, doodads, and
thingamabobs from across the Realms. Every adventurer
should drop by the shop and have a look-see before
hustling off to a dungeon crawl, skirmish, or battle.
This means you!
Charges
All gadgets, including these firearms, have charges.
Charges represent the number of times a gadget can
be activated (used) before it needs to be recharged. For
firearms, think of charges as the number of times the
weapon can be fired before it needs to be reloaded.
Firearms Proficiency
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A firearm is a portable, barreled weapon that uses an
explosive force to throw one or more projectiles. That
makes every firearm a ranged weapon. The force they
rely upon is created by igniting black powder. Every
firearm in our inventory was engineered by only the
brightest, battle-hardened gnomes of the land. Within
each is a unique marriage between years of combat
experience and technical knowhow. You can count on
these elegant deadlies when you need them the most.
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About Our Gnome Firearms
Per Epic Gnomish Inventing, gadgets are considered
Martial weapons when it comes to attack rolls and
proficiency checks. This rule still applies to gnome
firearms because they are a type of epic gadget.
Epic Gnomish Inventing
Each firearm is an epic gadget whose design follows
the principles detailed in Epic Gnomish Inventing, a
tinkering guide published by the same folks who brought
you absurd accoutrements, bracing beverages, and other
unique adventuring toys. While it is possible to use the
weapons you’ll find in these pages without ever picking
up a copy of that grand manual of mechanical marvels,
we at the WhatNot Shop highly recommended at least
a brief perusal through its pages. Those guidelines can
help you maintain, repair, and even upgrade any boom
stick that tickles your fancy.
The WhatNot Shop's Gnome Firearms - Introduction
Optionally, the DM and player can introduce a Firearms
proficiency specifically for epic gadgets that qualify as
firearms. Characters using the firearms in this guide can
then use the Firearms proficiency instead of the generic
Martial-weapons proficiency. This can be very helpful if
you are using firearms rules published by others as well.
Advanced Features
The engineers who designed the firearms you see before
you had to think outside of the tinkering kit to realize
their dreams. This innovation has led to the discovery
of two new features: Attack Roll Modifier and Weapon
Integration. Fortunately, these innovations can be
applied to any epic gadget you and your tinkering
friends might build.
Feature: Attack Roll Modifier
Description: This feature gives a target either a bonus
or a penalty to one type of attack roll (melee or ranged)
for the gadget’s duration. Unwilling targets can resist
this effect with a successful saving throw against the
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