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Originally Posted by scc
Too complicated for a start, and if I was GMing I'd say that the Ignite Fire results in the barrel heating up, dropping your rate of fire. Really what you want is Fast Fire cast on the ammo.
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Of course the barrel heats up, but it takes three times as much to heat up an orichalum barrel than a bronze one. Note that the Ignite Fire is effectively cast
by the magical item in question and doesn't heat up the item itself any more than a wizard casting Ignite Fire has his fingers burnt. But obviously, the combustion of the smokepowder heats the barrel as normal.
Not that firing often enough in a minute for that to matter is likely to come up with a holdout gun like this. The PC probably can't even manage more than 8-10 shots in a minute, even with succesful Fast-Draw (Ammo) rolls and no Aiming. I can't really imagine a situation where he'd fire often enough to overheat an orichalum barrel with magical protections.
In any case, the only danger would be ammunition cook-off. The PC is immune to fire and the orichalum weapon is Fireproof, Shatterproof and Soilproof.
Fast-Fire smokepowder is a good idea, of course. Maybe not the basic load, but definately specialised ammo.