Firearms

Firearms are powerful mundane weapons created and used exclusively by the Petarans. Even in the Petaran Empire, they are rare and expensive, and their use is not particularly common. Although the metallurgic arts needed to craft them have been known since pre-Alexandrian times, the secret has been the closely guarded secret of a handful of (predictably) rich and influential Petaran clans.

Exotic Weapons	Cost	(M) Dmg	Critical	Range Inc.	Weight	Type
Pistol/Rifle Butt	--	1d4*	x2	--	--	Blug
Pistol	325 gp	1d8	19-20/x3	40 ft	3 lbs	Pierce
Longarm	750 gp	1d10	19-20/x3	120 ft	10 lbs	Pierce

Loading: Firearms must be reloaded after every shot, with both powder and ammunition. Reloading a pistol is a standard action, while reloading a longarm is a full round action. The Rapid Reload feat reduces reload times to a move action and a standard action, respectively.

• If used this way while loaded, there is a 50% chance the weapon will discharge and possibly ruin wielder's day. Pistol and rifle butts do the same damage, but as a rifle is two handed, a rifle butt attack receives 1.5x strength modifier.