Weiley31
Legend
Oh, I know Swans can be vicious. That's why I posted about the Swan Ship. lol.You ever get in a fight with a swan? They will frak you up, man!
Oh, I know Swans can be vicious. That's why I posted about the Swan Ship. lol.You ever get in a fight with a swan? They will frak you up, man!
I though they were talking about the gunpowder problem, i.e. big bada boom! type scenario.Have you looked at the DMG rules for firearms? A Renaissance era pistol is 1d10 damage. It is basically a heavy crossbow that only uses one hand, but has shorter range. That "bunch of nobodies" are no worse than a handful of 1st level wizards or town guards. And the wizards d10s scale with level, while the pistol doesn't, because it has the loading property.
Oh, and the pistols have a list price of 250 gp, 3x that heavy crossbow, which nobodies may have issues scraping up. Getting a bunch of nobodies armed with pistols takes thousands of gold pieces.
I though they were talking about the gunpowder problem, i.e. big bada boom! type scenario.
An ambush with dozens of barrels of gunpowder being set off isn't big?Which I just addressed above. Answer: it ain't all that big.
It’s not feasible considering the cost.An ambush with dozens of barrels of gunpowder being set off isn't big?
An ambush with dozens of barrels of gunpowder being set off isn't big?
An ambush with dozens of barrels of gunpowder being set off isn't big?
In the DMG, a keg of gunpowder exploding has a blast radius of 10', DC 12 Dex save, 7d6 damage, and costs 250 gp. It is a small, weak fireball that none of them have proficiency in using safely. So, once they reach 5th level, when they can throw fireballs around anyway, a keg of powder here or there isn't going to be unbalancing.
Several Empires that began to rely upon technology too much were toppled in my setting, and it has contributed to a perception that Science is cursed.