Firearms

Firearms are strong ranged weapons that provide more effective range but at great costs. When attacking with a firearm you make your attack roll as normal, but you do not apply your modifier to your damage roll. The bulkiness of heavy armor also imposes disadvantage while using Sidearms.

Light Armor

Made from supple and thin materials, light armor favors agile adventurers since it offers some protection without sacrificing mobility. If you wear light armor, you add your Dexterity modifier to the base number from your armor type to determine your Armor Class.

Heavy Coat. The heavy coat consists of heavy leathers that rub against one another while you move.

Leather Jacket. The leather jacket consists of leather that has been stiffened by being boiled in oil in high priority locations. The rest of the armor is made of softer and more flexible materials.

Light Undercover Shirt. The light undercover shirt consists of strong fibers that are worn under a coat and can still protect the owner..

Undercover Vest. The undercover vest consists of strong fibers that are worn under a coat and can still protect the owner.

Medium Armor

Medium armor offers more protection than light armor, but it also impairs movement more. If you wear medium armor, you add your Dexterity modifier, to a maximum of +2, to the base number from your armor type to determine your Armor class.

Kevlar Lined Coat. This coat is lined with strong kevlar to protect the owner from harm.

Multi-layer Vest. Made from tough but flexible leathers, kevlar, and other fibers to protect the owner.

Tactical Scout Armor. Hardened metals and fibers run across narrow vertical strips of metal riveted to a backing of leather that is worn over normal clothing.

Heavy Armor

Of all the armor categories, heavy armor offers the best protection. These suits of armor cover the entire body and are designed to stop a wide range of attacks. Only proficient warriors can manage their weight and bulk. Heavy armor doesn't let you add your Dexterity modifier to your Armor Class, but it also doesn't penalize you if your Dexterity modifier is negative. Firearms are not easily handled while encumbered by heavy armor imposing disadvantage on all attack roles while using heavy armor.

Tactical Combat Armor. Hardened metals and fibers run across the entirety of this armor to protect the owner by providing maximum protection.

Metal Plated Combat Armor. Metal plates are shaped, and interlocked throughout the entirety of this armor to cover the entire body.

Metal Steam Knight Armor. The armor is made of pure metal but has a large assembly of steam apparatuses imbued inside the armor to slightly assist with movement.

New Armor Properties

Ballistics is a subset of piercing damage. Anything that grants resistance to piercing also works against ballistics but not vice versa.

Ballistics Resistance. Armor with ballistics resistance have the designation BR followed by a number. When an enemy makes an attack with a firearm against you, your AC gets a bonus equal to your BR rating. For example, if you're wearing a Light Undercover Shirt, your base armor class is 11 + your Dexterity modifier. With a Dexterity modifier of 3, you have an Armor Class of 14. When you are attacked with a firearm, the shirts BR rating is 2 and gives you a +2 Armor Class bonus against that attack.

Holsters

You can wear a maximum of two gunbelts and one shoulder harness at a time. These allow you to freely interact and ready different firearms in combat without having to use your turn looking through your equipment.

Gear

The following are new gear provided that a steampunk adventurer can utilize during his/her adventure.

Lighter A lighter holds a small amount of flammable substance ignited by a flint striking metal. Its flame lights a 5-foot area as a candle does but it burns for 3 hours or until it's put out. A single flask of oil can refill two lighters.

Pocket Watch A circular device stored in a metal case used to provide the exact time of day, linked to a chain that is stored ina waist pocket, jacket, or a vest.

Compass This is a tiny metal and glass compass with a magnetic pointer that always points north. All Wisdom (Survival) checks made to determine location and direction are made with advantage when using a compass.

Firearm Proficiency

Normally no class (other than an artificer) is proficient with firearms. However, if you wish firearms to be common enough that characters in your game can be proficient with them from the start, they can be divided as follows:

Sidearms: Bard, Fighter, Monk, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue (Pick)

Longarms: Barbarian, Fighter, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue (Pick)

Missing with Explosives

If you want an element of risk to the use of explosives, treat them as improvised Ranged Weapons with a range of 30/90 ft. and which require an attack roll to throw accurately.

If the target is a square with a creature in it, use the creature's AC. If the target is a square with an object in it, such as a table, use the "Object Armor Class" rules on page 246 of the DMG. If the target is an empty square, treat it as having an AC of 10.

If a character misses the attack roll, the explosive rolls, bounces, or otherwise ends up in a different square than the target's.

First, roll a d8. The result determines the direction in which the explosive misses.

Once the direction is determined, roll 1d4 (or 2d4 if the target was within long range). The result is the number of squares in the determined direction by which the explosive misses its mark.

Weapon Modifications

Here are some ways to modify your equipment using some of the included firearms.

Artillerist

You have practiced using artillery and explosives enough to become highly proficient in them, gaining the following benefits:

• Increase your Strength or Dexterity by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You are proficient with artillery, explosives, and grenades, adding your proficiency bonus to any rolls made to Load, Aim, or Fire a weapon with the siege property.
• You can perform the Aim action as a bonus action when using a weapon with the siege property.
• When you use an explosive or grenade, its explosion radius is increased by 5 feet and it deals an additional 1d6 Fire damage.

Longarms Expert

By extensively training with longarms you gain the following benefits:

• You ignore the kick property on all longarms.
• You can attack a creature behind full cover, so long as the cover is no more than 6 inches thick. When doing so, the attack deals only half damage.
• You can use a bonus action to steady your firearm, granting yourself advantage on your next attack made with the firearm.

Sidearm Slinger

Through practice with the smaller sidearms that you often use, you gain the following benefits:

• You gain a +1 bonus to AC while you are wielding a separate ranged weapon in each hand.
• You can reload two one-handed sidearms using one action, one attack (if they have the Extra Attack feature) or a bonus action (the character's choice).
• When you use the Attack action and attack with a one-handed weapon, you can use a bonus action to attack with a loaded sidearm you are holding.

Assassin Firearm

Weapon (any firearm that deals ballistics damage), rare

This firearm is made of blued steel and ebony wood, and handling it seems to produce no sound, not even when it brushes against other objects.

You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Additionally, attacks made with this magical firearm produce no visible flash or audible noise.

Spellsniper Rifle

Weapon (rifle), rare (requires attunement by a spellcaster)

This rifle is made of a stark white, smooth material, similar to ivory, and etched with intricate, arcane patterns.

As an action, you can use this weapon to perform a spellstrike. A spellstrike is similar to a ranged weapon attack, except that you cast a single offensive cantrip as part of the attack. This cantrip must be one that has a casting time of 1 action, deals damage to one or more targets, and has a range greater than 10 feet.

If the attack hits, the target takes both the damage of the rifle and the damage of the cantrip, even if the cantrip would normally require a saving throw to harm a target.

If the cantrip normally harms multiple targets, then the spellstrike only harms the target of the rifle attack.

A spellsniper rifle counts as an arcane focus, and you can provide somatic components for spellcasting even while holding it with two hands.

The Firebrand

Weapon (revolver), legendary (requires attunement)

A great weapon of unknown origin, some say this pistol was crafted by Gond himself, while those on other worlds attribute it to any number of other gods, such as Murlynd, Hephaestus, or even Reorx.

You have a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon, which deals 2d8 points of damage, rather than 1d10.

The weapon also magically loads each cartridge with a bullet when the trigger is squeezed. The weapon then rotates the chamber to the next empty cartridge. As a result, you never need to reload the Firebrand and it does not require ammunition.

However, should you desire, you can swing the weapon's chamber open and remove the cartridges to manually load them with powder and ammunition. Loading a single cartridge requires you forego one attack or use a bonus action, but all cartridges can be loaded as a single action.

A cartridge manually loaded with ammunition does not magically load powder and a bullet when the pistol cycles to that cartridge, but resumes doing so once the ammunition has been fired.

And finally, you can make one attack with it as a bonus action on each of your turns.

Baldrick Bullet

Weapon, uncommon (cursed)

You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic bullet.

Curse. When someone makes an attack with this magic bullet, the bullet flies in an arc and attempts to harm them instead. Compare the attack roll to the user's own AC rather than that of their target. If the attack exceeds their AC, they are hit by the attack instead of the target. If it does not, the bullet still attempts to hit them, but they narrowly avoid being harmed by it.

This magic bullet appears to be a normal +1 bullet when examined. This bullet is not rendered non-magical after use, only a Remove Curse spell can render it non-magical.

Illumination Bullet

Weapon, uncommon

This magic bullet causes the target to glow like a torch for 10 rounds (1 minute).

If fired into the air, it slowly falls back down to the ground whilst emitting light like a torch. It descents at a rate of 60 ft. per turn, down from the firearm's maximum range, and stops glowing after 10 rounds (1 minute).

Once fired, the bullet is rendered non-magical.

Explosive Bullet

Weapon, rare

This magic bullet explodes in a great ball of fire on impact. Each creature in a 20-foot-radius sphere around the point where it strikes must make a DC 15 Dexterity save. A target takes 6d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half on a success. The fire spreads around corners and ignites flammable objects that aren't being worn or carried.

Once detonated, the bullet is destroyed.

Poisonous Bullet

Weapon, rare

A creature struck by this magic bullet must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take 2d10 poison damage and become poisoned for 1 minute.

After dealing its poison damage, the bullet is rendered non-magical.

Named Bullet

Weapon, very rare

A named bullet is a magic bullet meant to slay a particular person and only that person. A named bullet functions as an arrow of slaying with a very focused target (a single, specific creature). Additionally, a named bullet has advantage on attack rolls made against its intended target.

After dealing additional damage to its intended target, the bullet is rendered non-magical.

Efficient Bandolier

Wondrous Item, uncommon

Each of this bandolier’s eight pouches connects to an extradimensional space that allows the bandolier to hold numerous items while never weighing more than 2 pounds. Each compartment can hold up to 60 bullets, 60 loads of shot, 6 powder horns of gunpowder, two one-handed firearms, or one two-handed firearm each.

You can draw any item the bandolier contains as if doing so from a regular pouch.

Lens of Distance

Wondrous Item, uncommon

This simple glass lens allows the user to see better at longer ranges. On its own it functions as a spyglass, but when it is attached to a firearm it doubles the effective and max ranges of the firearm. Attaching the lens is an action, while detaching it can be done as a bonus action.

The lens has an illusory dot in the center, with an illusory number next to it. The number shows the distance, in feet, between the lens and whatever the dot is overlayed over.

Spyglass of Seeing

Wondrous Item, rare (requires attunement)

This small tube filled with many alchemical lenses functions as a Lens of Distance, even when used by a character not attuned to it.

If a character attunes to, then that character can also use it as a Gem of Seeing.

Amulet of Bullet Protection

Wondrous Item, rare (requires attunement)

This magic amulet has 7 charges. While wearing it, you can expend 1 or more charge to cast one of the following spells: blur (2 charges), mirror image (2 charges), shield (1 charge), or protection from normal missiles (3 charges).

The amulet regains 1d6+1 expended charges daily at dawn.

Protection from Normal Missiles

3rd-level abjuration
(Artificer, Ranger, Sorcerer, Warlock, and Wizard)

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Conc. Up to 1 hour

Touch a willing creature. They have resistance to non-magical ballistics damage from ranged weapons.