Renaissance Firearms: Premodern Weapons (5e)
Renaissance Firearms: Premodern Weapons for D&D 5E provides DMs with a range of options to expand the world of their campaign with early-modern firearms. This document contains a brief history of gunpowder and firearms to help DMs better understand how these weapons came about and how they affected the world around them. It also includes a discussion on the basic mechanics of early firearms intended to help you decide how these weapons might alter the world of your campaign. This supplement is ideal for DMs who want to run a campaign inspired by settings like Renaissance Italy¸ the Golden Age of Piracy¸ the wars of the Ottoman Empire¸ or the Ming Dynasty. It is intended to help you recreate the feel of Flintlock Fantasy stories like Brian McClellan's Powder Mage saga¸ Brandon Sanderson's series Wax and Wayne novels¸ or Brent Weeks' Lightbringer series¸ introducing gunpowder weapons to a world still defined by high fantasy elements. For players¸ this document contains 10 examples of standard firearms and a selection of granados¸ as well as rules for creating historically-inspired variants such as revolvers¸ rotary guns¸ breechloaders¸ and combination weapons. These firearms utilize new mechanics to better reflect their armor-penetrating capabilities and give them a feel that is fundamentally different from traditional ranged weapons like bows and crossbows.