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larsdangly · 11-16-2019, 04:37 AM

The blunderbuss presented in TFT matches later period flint lock and wheel lock guns better than it does any historical match lock. Whatever you call such devices, the default setting contains a gun that can be loaded prior to use, carried loaded, and readied as a normal action. Whether you call them wheel locks or flint locks doesn't matter much, provided they work that way. So, the question is why the game doesn't contain other guns that fire solid slugs and also can be carried loaded and readied in one turn.

In my house rules there are (these were distributed some weeks ago on this site). I don't think they are terribly unbalancing because the 1 in 6 chance of misfire still applies with Cidri gun powder. But it is a close thing, as any high damage attack that does not require high ST can be a game changer. A flint lock musket is functionally equivalent to something like a lightning bolt spell (though with a lower IQ requirement).

I suppose a risk-loving person who wanted to use a flint lock or wheel lock gun to create a munchkin combatant would be able to deliver a prepared first attack better than most other things in the game (say, ST 8, DX 15 (18), IQ 9, Guns, Missile Weapons III, flint or wheel lock musket doing around 3d damage).

Whatever you make of this, It is much less crazy than an exploding gem + a sling so it isn't the wildest thing in the game.

11-16-2019, 04:37 AM	#2
larsdangly Join Date: Dec 2017	Re: Arquebus as wheellock The blunderbuss presented in TFT matches later period flint lock and wheel lock guns better than it does any historical match lock. Whatever you call such devices, the default setting contains a gun that can be loaded prior to use, carried loaded, and readied as a normal action. Whether you call them wheel locks or flint locks doesn't matter much, provided they work that way. So, the question is why the game doesn't contain other guns that fire solid slugs and also can be carried loaded and readied in one turn. In my house rules there are (these were distributed some weeks ago on this site). I don't think they are terribly unbalancing because the 1 in 6 chance of misfire still applies with Cidri gun powder. But it is a close thing, as any high damage attack that does not require high ST can be a game changer. A flint lock musket is functionally equivalent to something like a lightning bolt spell (though with a lower IQ requirement). I suppose a risk-loving person who wanted to use a flint lock or wheel lock gun to create a munchkin combatant would be able to deliver a prepared first attack better than most other things in the game (say, ST 8, DX 15 (18), IQ 9, Guns, Missile Weapons III, flint or wheel lock musket doing around 3d damage). Whatever you make of this, It is much less crazy than an exploding gem + a sling so it isn't the wildest thing in the game.