Methatheosis

Weapons for Shadowdark

Sebastian Martin

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Weapons for Shadowdark
Jägerweapons to kill giant monster

For my setting of Metatheosis, and especially for the maritime campaign I am working on, I expanded the Shadowdark arsenal with blackpowder weapons, harpoons, some can-openers to defeat heavy armor, and special weapons for hunters, the Jägerwaffen.Those are the giant weapons we know and love from Monsterhunter or Dark Souls. They inflict enormous damage, or defeat armor, but attack with disadvantage due to their weight. So the hunters will have to create circumstances that give them advantage on the attack to compensate, like ambush, traps, poison or group tactics. 

Scatter (SC): The damage die can be distributed between several targets close to each other

Area (AE): The weapon hits everything within near of the impact

Armor Piercing (AP): The weapon ignores up to 5 points of AC from armor or shields.

Slow Loading (SL): It takes an entire round to load the weapon

Heavy (HE): This weapon is so cumbersome that you get disadvantage on attacks with the weapon.

Rope (R): A rope can be fastened to the weapon. If it inflicts any damage, it sticks in the target. It can be pulled out with a DC 15 STR check, inflicting their damage again when pulled out.

Underwater (UW): Can be used underwater at range and without disadvantage. 

Weapon

Cost

Type

Range

Damage

Properties

Arquebus 

50gp 

R

F

1d8

2H, SL, AP,

Musket

100 gp

R

F

1d10

2H, SL, AP, 2 slots

Blunderbuss

75 gp

R

N

2D6

2H, SC, SL

Pistol

50 gp

R

N

1D6

SL

Clay-Grenade

5 gp 

R

N

1D8

Th, AE

Iron-Grenade

10 gp

R

N

1D10

Th, AE

Flame-Pot

5 gp

R

N

1D4

covers a near area for 4 rounds

Battle Hammer

5 gp

M

C

1D6

AP

Polehammer

10 gp

M

C

1D8

2H, 2 slots, AP

Trident

5 gp

M/R

C/N

1D6

Th 

Harpoon

1 gp

M/R

C/N

1D6

Th, R

Harpoongun

100 gp

R

N

1D6

SL, UW, R 

Jägersword

120 gp

M

C

2d12

2H, 3 slots, HE

Jägerraxe

100 gp

M

C

2D8/2D10

2H, 3 slots, HE, V

Jägerhammer

100 gp

M

C

2D8

2H, 3 slots, HE, AP

Jägerspear

5 gp

M/R

C/N

2D6

2 slots, HE, Th

Jägermusket

150 gp

R

N

1D10

2H, SL, AP, 2 slots, R

Gunclub

100 gp

M/R

C/N

1D8/2D6

2H, SC, SL

Gunlance

1000 gp

M/R

C/N

1D8/1D8

2 slots, HE, AP, SL

Gunblade

500 gp

M/R

C/N

1D8/1d6

SL 

Arquebus: A long gun, fires a lead ball with use of blackpowder, ignited by a matchlock 

Musket: A very long gun, fires a lead ball with use of blackpowder, ignited by matchlock or flintlock 

Blunderbuss: A short, thick barreled gun that fires grapeshot using blackpowder, ignited with a wheellock or flintlock.

Pistol: A small firearm that shoots a lead ball with use of blackpowder, ignited by wheellock or flintlock.

Clay-Grenade: A pot of fired clay full of blackpowder, ignite the match, count to three and throw

Iron-Grenade: A ball of iron filled with blackpowder, ignite the match, pray and throw. 

Battle Hammer: A one handed hammer of war to bash and pierce armor

Polehammer: A hammer with a pointy beak on a long shaft to defeat armor

Trident: A weapon for fishing

Harpoon: A weapon for whaling with vicious bars to prevent pulling out

Harpoongun: A spring-loaded or pneumatic gun that can shoot harpoons underwater

Jägersword: Too huge to be called a sword, a lump of iron 

Jägerraxe: a massive yet short axe to fight monsters

Jägerhammer: a giant warhammer to defeat armored monsters 

Jägerspear: a huge spear to hunt monsters 

Jägermusket: A huge musket that shoots iron harpoons with attached rope 

Gunclub: A stubby gun loaded with grapeshot, formed into a sturdy club

Gunlance: A heavy lance with a large-calibre gun next to the blade

Gunblade: A sword with a gun parallel to the blade

Powder and Shot: Ammunition for Firearms, 20 shots take 1 slot and cost 1gp

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