Firearms and other devices

Firearms do exist in the world of Valoreign, however most of them are slow and awkward. Firearms as we know of them today have been created by Gnome artificers, however the other races are having a hard time reverse engineering them, and so can only make inferior copies. Gnome firearms are incredibly rare outside of Gnome strongholds, and so are very expensive. It is often a sign of great wealth for a noble family to even posses one, and usually it is just kept for show rather than for use. It is very common for noble families to name their Gnome weapons.

Sea King Torril has perhaps the largest collection of firearms in the region, he is preparing for a war. These firearms are not of true Gnome creation however, they have been forged by his own artificers. He only has one Gnome firearm, a pistol, which he keeps for himself.

Here are the stats for Gnome firearms: Gnome pistol- 1000gp - 1d6 piercing damage - 3lb - Ammunition (range 50/120), light, loading. Gnome rifle -1500gp - 1d10 piercing damage - 18lb - Ammunition (range 100/ 500), light, loading, two handed.

Gnome flamethrower - 2000gp - 2 setting= 5ft by 30ft line or 15ft cone, damage special*, 25lb, Ammunition, light, special**

* All creatures in area or line must make a dex saving throw. The Dc is 8+proficiency bonus+ con mod. If creature fails they take 2d6 damage, half as much on a success.

** If a 1 is rolled to attack there is a chance that the Flamethrower could explode, characters armed with such a weapon must either make an INT check to see if the can cool down device, or a Dex check to see if they can take the weapon off before it explodes.

Reverse Engineered firearms. These Firearms are inferior copies of the more elegant Gnome creations. However there is a trade off, whilst it takes a full action to reload an engineered firearm, it delivers more damage.

Engineered pistol- 500gp - 1d8 piercing damage - 5lb - Ammunition, light,(range 50/120), loading special.

Engineered Rifle- 750gp - 1d12 piercing damage - 20lb - Ammunition, heavy,(range 75/400), loading special.

Ammunition Cold forged Iron bullets (10) - 10gp

Silver bullets (10) - 5gp

Other Gnome devices do exist, such as Grenades and spy cameras. Not all Gnome invention is hostile, in fact most of it is benign, seeking to improve what is already there.

Gnome "Mechanical Aural communications device." Allows the wearers to communicate with each other across distances, working much like an ear peice.

Gnome armour suits. These armor suits are very rare and incredibly expensive. However they allow the wearer to perform incredible feats of strength and agility, provided they are wearing the module for the armour