My group wants to start a campaign in a fantastic 30 years war Europe (early to mid 1600s). That’s effectively generic fantasy tech plus primitive firearms and cannons. Any tried and true home brew rules to reflect reload time?
My group wants to start a campaign in a fantastic 30 years war Europe (early to mid 1600s).
My group wants to start a campaign in a fantastic 30 years war Europe (early to mid 1600s).
My friends and I ran a Magical French-Indian War campaign. The red coats were sorcerous druids. I think what we did is make up custom moves for loading weapons. Something like, when you take a minute to load your rifle in the heat of battle roll + dex, on 10+ you do it and maintain cover. On 7-9 you do it but don’t maintain cover. But I think we also made it so that a rifle blast, on a hit, did d12 damage or something. Basically we treated the rifle like a magic item and make a set of custom moves for it. I don’t recall this being a great solution though…
Awesome
DW rules don’t usually cover timing in combat. Do you need a move for that or can you cover it in the fiction? Just give guns the reload tag as needed.
Yes! Thanks for clarifying. I want to use a narratively satisfying firearm.
I don’t think you need a move for that any more than you need a move for weapons being dangerous. They’re both descriptive tags that come without specific mechanics, but you do what makes sense. If you use a [dangerous weapon] without training, you might hurt yourself. If you fire a handgonne or something that needs reloading, you’ll need some time to reload it before firing again.
That’s actually perfect.
I agree with Mr. Tucker – The “Dangerous” and “Reload” tags give you, as GM, all you need to exploit the complications of these weapons. Custom rules are cool, but unnecessary. Maybe AP, or ‘roll damage twice and apply the higher’.
“You shoot him? I thought you already fired your gun. You reload? You know he’s RIGHT THERE, swinging at you, right?”
“A miss? And you’re using a Dangerous, gunpowder filled weapon? The powder on your tray must have gotten wet – only some of it goes off. The rest spreads everywhere around you, including into your eyes. Give me a Defy CON, we’ll see if that blindness is temporary.”
I like that- thanks for weighing in.