Gunblade

[Urklore]

Anyone ever come up with stats for a sword-pistol? I was thinking of just treating it as a longsword and Small Pistol. Perhaps a DC 15 Dex check to fire the pistol in melee at the same time the sword is used?

 

[Aaron2]

I'm trying to envision what a sword-pistol would look like. Where does the bullet fire from? I'm used to axe-pistols are mace-pistols where the bullet fires through the shaft. But a sword?


Aaron

 

[Gellion]

If you have ever played it, you could have them look similar to the gunblades from Final Fantasy 8.

 

[Zhnov]

Anyone ever come up with stats for a sword-pistol? I was thinking of just treating it as a longsword and Small Pistol. Perhaps a DC 15 Dex check to fire the pistol in melee at the same time the sword is used?

I'd recommend that whatever you come up with, it should be heavy, fragile, and/or expensive.

This follows the "Better, Faster, Cheaper" rule. You can have only 2 of the 3, so choose carefully.

Orlic

 

[Urklore]

LOL. I was acutally referring to the gunblade from FF8. In skills & powers of 2nd edition fame, they had sword-pistols. Looking for some good insights or advice to port it over to 3rd edition.

 

[Aaron2]

LOL. I was acutally referring to the gunblade from FF8. In skills & powers of 2nd edition fame, they had sword-pistols. Looking for some good insights or advice to port it over to 3rd edition.

Make it exotic and then give the pistol part a shorter range increment than whatever you use for a normal pistol. I'd say 1/2.


Aaron

 

[Norfleet]

Sword-pistols are a historical artifact resulting from primitive firearms being very slow to reload. As a result, people built melee weapons around the weapon so that it would retain its usefulness after the first shot. As for the FF8 "gunblade", no historical weapon has this particular usage characteristic, since the grip needed to use the weapon as a firearm would be inherently different and counter to the grip needed to use it as a melee weapon. Try not to take Final Fantasy weapons too seriously.

 

[Ave Rage]

Well, if you want to go along the FF8 route, why not let the gun-part go off on a critical hit?


Sort of like hitting L2 at the right time and doing double damage.

 

[Argus Decimus Mokira]

Hey

Check out the Parthian rapier in the Ravenloft Campaign setting. It's pretty much what you're looking for.

Thanks
-Matt

 

[Lord Toberoth]

I have thought about this concept a lot. In my own oppinion, it should be treated as an exotic weapon (obvious) do 2d4 critical 19-20 x3 (fired on critical hit). This weapon should be quite expensive as to its rare nature. Cause honestly what kind of smithy could combine a wheel lock pistol and a uniqe sort of long sword?