Gunners: A New Age of Combat
A
ravaging band of gnolls chase a group of
helpless children through the winding streets of
the city they've begun to raid, the slavering
maws panting hard and emitting the most
blood-curdling of hysterical laughter; the boys
and girls seem to be running in vain, their fates
destined to wind up between the gnashing teeth
of the vile barbarous invaders. As the kids round a blind
corner, a wild-faced woman that's busily setting up some
contraption yells for them to run to her. Running to safety
behind the lady, they watch in awe as she assembles the last
of the machine, which roars to life as it shoots fiery
projectiles towards the approaching gnolls, mowing them
down like wheat to the scythe. In mere seconds, they lay dead
on the street, bleeding from many holes.
Upon the high seas, sahuagin pirates board a merchant
vessel, expecting little resistance and many a pitiful begging
as their tridents and daggers cleave through the flesh of the
sailors. Instead, they find five proud-looking warriors
emerging from below decks, their slender swords already
flashing outwards towards the noon sun. The poor sahaugin
soon realize their mistake, as one by one their flesh is rent
and torn; not just by the blade, but so too by mysterious
devices being carried by the sailors - small, ornate tubes with
weird mechancical parts sticking out, belching fire, smoke,
and thunder in a way that could disintigrate one's head with
horrifying ease.
In a terrified desert town, two riders clad in black slowly
approach each other under the blazing sun. They calmly eye
each other, fingers slowly undulating over the sides of their
hips. A bell chimes twelve in the distance, ringing out across
the wastes to signal the death of one of these strangers. As
the sound died, the more skilled and confident of the two
brought from his belt a silvered, exotic weapon, which spits
fire and metal and brings death; surely, the battle was over
before it begun. However, his opponent was cunning, and
before he brought the weapon level to his eyes, a crack akin
to lighting split the air, and in the blink of an eye he was
clutching his hand in agony, a precise hole in the center of his
palm. A few seconds later, a new hole sprung from his head,
placed by the cheating opponent who had an ally from afar.
Fighters of the Future
The miracles of engineering and the horrors of warfare have
joined hand-in-hand many times over the course of history,
and now it introduces its newest offspring: firearms, most
oftenly referred by the name given to them by the dwarven
smiths that first crafted them, "guns". These weapons have
been coveted and hoarded by kingdoms and empires all
throughout the world, as everyone wishes to possess the
mightiest army to instill terror and respect amongst enemies
and allies alike. Those in such armies to use the weapons, or
those fortunate enough to acquire one on what wealth or luck
 in quick succession. And others prefer to use their guns for
flashier, more dramatic situations, making trick shots to
The Gunner
perform feats of skill or to discourage their enemies from
attacking out of sheer awe.
Proficiency Marksman
Level Bonus Features Charges Creating a Gunner
1st +2 Gun Specialty, Marksman 2 Unfortunately, not many traditional campaign settings involve
2nd +2 Marksman Abilities 4 gun usage, and in some the concept of a gun might be
considered nothing more than a legend or myth. As such, the
3rd +2 Minor Magics 6 most important thing to consider when creating your gunner
4th +2 Ability Score Increase 8 is answering the question of how your character came across
5th +3 Quickened Reload 10 their weapon. Mayhaps a traveling band of warforged smiths,
skilled in the art of advanced mechanics, had passed through
6th +3 Gun Specialty Feature 12 town and you managed to buy one of the firearms they had on
7th +3 — 14 hand. Or maybe you are a retired gunman from an elite royal
force - one of the few organizations that can afford to acquire
8th +3 Heightened Senses, Ability
Score Increase
16 guns - and you've kept your weapon as an old momento.
9th +4 — 18 Quickbuild
10th +4 Better Bullets, Second 20 You can make a gunner quickly by following these suggest-

Wind -ions. First, Intelligence should be your highest ability score,

11th +4 — 22
followed by Dexterity. Second, make a background choice
best suited for your subclass: the Soldier background is great
12th +4 Ability Score Increase, Gun 24 as a general catch-all for gunners, but the Sailor background
Specialty Feature might be more suited for those wishing to play as a buckane-

13th +5 — 26 -er coming back from the high seas, the Charlatan
background for those wanting to play a duelist with a check-

14th +5 Bigger Gun 28 -ered history across the land, Criminal for those wanting to
15th +5 — 30 play a sharpshooter who's had a past as an assassin-for-hire,
16th +5 Ability Score Increase 32 or the Folk Hero background for a gattler who helped to
single-handedly protect a town or three with their impressive
17th +6 Gun Specialty Feature 34 firepower.
18th +6 — 36

19th +6 Ability Score Increase 38

20th +6 Master Marksman 40
they possess, are referred to as gunners, and the knowledge
required to wield such impressive weapons with such profi-
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution
-ciency is awe-inspiring, and those who come across the
gunner desire to make a strong and reliable ally and fear to
make a terrifying and destructive foe.
Same Tool, Different Styles
While guns have only been around for a few decades, they've
already become reknowned for the unique technique
required in operating them in battle; indeed, some new
breeds of guns have been created by skilled tinkerers, each
with its own practical purposes and desired opponents. The
standard outline of a gun is pretty simple - a wooden body
with a metal tube fitted within, all connected together with
bolts and rivets; within the tube rests small projectiles which
are fired with high velocity towards the intended target.
Where each gun differs most, however, is with how it is used.
Some individuals employ the weapons in tandem with
traditional warfare, combining the use of guns with swords to
blast and slash their way through combat. Others have
specialized guns, marvels of engineering that can either hit
targets from long distances or wiping out multiple assailants
Class Features
As a gunner, you gain the following class features.
Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d8 per gunner level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier
modifier
Proficiencies
Armor: Light armor
Weapons: Simple weapons, guns (varies depending on
subclass)
Tools: one artisan tool of your choice, disguise kits, and one
musical instrument of your choice
Saving Throws: Dexterity, Intelligence
Skills: Choose two from Acrobatics, Intimidation,
Perception, Performance, or Survival
Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the
equipment granted by your background:
The gun that your subclass is proficient with
(a) two daggers or (b) two simple weapons
(a) a dungeoneer's pack, or (b) an explorer's pack
A set of fine clothes, one momento tied to your past as a
gunner, and leather armor.
Gun Specialty
At 1st level, you determine the style of gun that you prefer to
fight with; your choice grants you features starting at 1st level,
and again at 6th, 12th, and 17th level. Choose from the
following gun specialties: the buccaneer, the oldest type of
gunner that can trace its origins to the pirates of the high
seas; the duelist, who carries a pair of specialized smaller
guns and are renown for their quick draws; the gatler, a
terrifying war machine with a monstrous gun to boot; and the
sniper, a skilled marksman that attacks from great distances.
Marksman
Also at 1st level, you are capable of honing your focus

to fire your weapon with deadly accuracy. As a bonus ac-

-tion, you expend one marksman charge to have the next

attack with your gun deal an additional amount of damage
equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum +1). You

must attack on either the same turn or the next turn that

you expend the charge; otherwise, the marksman charge is

wasted.
Alternatively, you can expend a marksman charge to give a
+1 bonus to an attack roll made with your gun; this can be
stacked to a maximum of a +3 bonus, and you must expend
the necessary marksman charges prior to making the

attack roll.
Marksman Charges
You have a set number of marksman charges that you start
with after completing a long rest. These charges are used by
your Marksman feature, as well as to fuel any and all
Marksman Feats that you have once you reach 3rd level. To
help determine how many charges you should have at your
level, refer to the gunner class table.
Marksman Abilities
When you reach 2nd level, you've handled your gun for long
enough to know how to perform feats of skill and wonder
with it. Such feats, referred to as marksman abilities, can be
used at specific times and require a certain amount of
marksman charges to function. Below are a variety of
marksman abilities that you are capable of performing,
provided that you have the required amount of marksman
charges to expend.
If a marksman ability requires a saving throw, the save

DC is equal to 10 + your Intelligence modifier + your profi-

-ciency bonus.

Marksman Ability: Crippling Shot

Charges Required: 1
Casting Time: 1 action
You shoot at one of the targeted creature's legs, forcing it to
make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature
takes 1d4 piercing damage and has its movement speed
halved for two rounds.
Marksman Ability: Curving Shot
Charges Required: 4
Casting Time: 1 action
Making quick mental calculations and taking careful aim,
you're able to target a creature within range that is either (a)
behind full cover, or (b) is no more than 5 feet behind a
corner that you can't see past. You must be aware that the
creature is where it is to be able to make the attack.
Marksman Ability: Demoralizing Shot
Charges Required: 4
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
On the next successful hit made with your gun within 1 min-
You load your chamber with a unique bullet, and fire it the
-ute, the attacked creature must make a Charisma saving
throw. On a failed save, the creature becomes frightened by
you and any creature friendly to you for a number of rounds
equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum one round).
The creature can make the saving throw at the end of each
of its turns, ending the condition on a successful save.
Marksman Ability: Interfering Shot
Charges Required: 3
Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take in response to
seeing a creature that you can see within 30 feet of you
being targeted by a ranged weapon attack.
You attempt to interfere with a creature's ranged attack.
Lining your gun up with the projectile's path, you make a DC
15 Intelligence check; on a successful check, you succeed in
knocking the projectile out of the air, preventing the attack
from dealing damage to the intended creature.
Marksman Ability: Knockout Shot
Charges Required: 2
Casting Time: 1 action
You place a unique bullet into the chamber of your gun, firing
it at an enemy you wish to incapacitate without harming it.
The creature must make a Constitution saving throw, falling
unconcious for one minute on a failed save or gaining three
points of exhaustion for one minute on a success.
A creature that is knocked out can make a Constitution
saving throw at the start of its turns after one round of being
unconcious; on a successful save, the creature regains
conciousness.
Marksman Ability: Overheat
Charges Required: 2
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
You mildly overload your gun, causing it to heat up to the
maximum that can be considered "safe". If you successfully
hit a creature within the next two rounds, it takes an
additional 3d4 fire damage from the super-heated bullet;
otherwise, this ability is wasted and the marksman charge is
used up.
Overheating your weapon has its own risks. After firing
your weapon when it has overheated, it is unable to be fired
again until you spend a full turn mildly tweaking the gun to
get it to work again.
Marksman Ability: Ricochet
Charges Required: 2
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
The next shot that you make against a creature only deals
half damage on a successful hit. However, if there is one
other creature within 5 feet of it, it also takes half damage as
the bullet ricochets off of the original creature and strikes the
new creature; you do not need to make an attack roll for the
ricochet.
Marksman Ability: Tracking Shot
Charges Required: 1
Casting Time: 1 action
intended target, forcing the creature to make a Consti-
-tution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 1
piercing damage, and for one hour it leaves behind a small
trail of blood that gives creatures advantage on Intelligence
(Investigation) checks for finding the creature.
Minor Magics
Beginning at 3rd level, you've learned enough about magic on
your travels to know how to apply them to your gun, making it
a little more formidable of a weapon. Over the course of a
short rest, you can spend the time engraving a set of runes
around the barrel of your gun; you can also spend a short rest
completely removing the current set of runes from your gun,
or replacing the curent set of runes with a new set.
Once the short rest is complete and the runes have been
applied, the weapon now deals an additional 1d4 damage of
your choice on a hit: cold, fire, lightning, poison, necrotic,
psychic, or thunder. If you make a critical hit with your gun
while it has runes applied to it, an additional effect occurs
depending on what damage type you chose; if an effect
requires a saving throw, the DC is equal to 8 + your
proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier:
Cold: the bullet lodges itself deep within the attacked
creature and begins to release vast amounts of radiating
magics through the creature's body. The creature becomes
petrified as it is frozen solid. The condition can be
removed with the spells greater restoration or remove
curse, or by placing the creature in front of a fire for a long
rest.
Fire: the bullet bounces off of the attacked creature,
dealing no damage like it usually would. Instead, it
randomly lands 5 feet away from the creature, then
detonates in a fiery blossom. All creatures in a 10-foot
radius of the bullet must make a Dexterity saving throw,
taking 6d4 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much
on a success. Any flammable objects not being worn or
carried within the area of effect become ignited by this
effect.
Force: a d100 is rolled on the Wild Magic table and the
resulting effect is applied to the attacked creature.
Lightning: the bullet overloads with electricity, requiring
the attacked creature to make a Constitution saving
throw; the creature takes 3d4 lightning damage and is
stunned until the start of its next turn on a failed save, or
half as much damage and nothing else on a success. If the
creature fails by 5 or more, a bolt of electricity arcs to a
random creature within 5 feet of the attacked creature,
requiring the new creature to also make a saving throw.

Necrotic: the bullet begins to sap away the stamina of the
attacked creature, forcing it to make a Consitution saving
throw, taking 1d12 necrotic damage on a failed save or
half as much on a success. Additionally, on a failed save,
its movement speed is reduced by 10 feet, and its
Strength and Dexterity scores are both lowered by 2 for
one minute. This effect can stack up to three times on one
creature.
Poison: right after the bullet strikes the creature, it
shatters in a cloud of noxious gas. The creature takes only
half as much weapon damage as it usually would, but it
and all creatures within a 15-foot-radius sphere of it must
make a Constitution saving throw. If a creature fails its
saving throw, it takes 2d4 poison and has the poisoned
condition applied to it for one minute, or until it succeeds
another Constitution saving throw at the start of its turn;
while poisoned in this manner, a creature will take 1d4
poison damage at the start of its turn. If a creature
succeeds its saving throw, it only takes half poison
damage initially, and nothing more.
Psychic: the bullet wracks the mind of the creature, and it
must make a Wisdom saving throw, taking 2d4 psychic
damage on a failed save or half as much on a success. On
a d100 roll of 1-50, the creature is frightened by you, for
30 seconds on a failed save or until the start of your next
turn on a success; on a d100 roll of 51-100, the creature is
charmed by you, fighting for you and your allies for 30
seconds on a failed save or until the start of your next turn
on a success.
Thunder: the bullet explodes into a sonic boom, and all
creatures within a 20-foot-radius sphere must make a
Constitution saving throw, taking 3d6 thunder damage on
a failed save or half as much on a success. Additionally, a
creature that failed its save is deafened until the end of
your next turn, or incapacitated if it failed by 5 or more.
Objects within 45 feet of the attacked creature may be
destroyedv or damaged as if by the shatter spell, at the
DM's discretion.
Ability Score Increase
When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and
19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice
by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by
1. As normal, you can’t increase an ability score above 20
using this feature.
Using the optional feats rule, you can forgo taking this
feature to take a feat of your choice instead.
Quickened Reload
Beginning at 5th level, you're capable of reloading your gun
using a bonus action rather than your full turn.
Heightened Senses
Beginning at 8th level, the time that you've spent with your
weapon has honed your various senses to a razor edge.
Choose two of the following permanent effects to be applied
to you:
You gain a bonus to your initiative equal to your
Intelligence modifier (minimum +1)
You add double your proficiency bonus to Wisdom
(Perception) and Intelligence (Investigation) checks that
are based off of sight.
Surprise and sneak attacks against you suffer
disadvantage.
You are able to see in lightly obscurred areas as if they are
unobscurred, and in heavily obscurred areas (except areas
in darkness) as if they are lightly obscurred.
You can use your reaction to attack a creature within 30
feet of you that comes into your line of sight for the first
time.
Alternatively, you can choose to forgo these bonuses and
instead gain the ability to attack an additional time on your
turn.
Better Bullets
At 10th level, the piercing damage of your gun increases by
the next die value. For example, a gatling gun would change
from 1d6 piercing damage to 1d8 piercing damage, while the
flintlock would increase to 2d6 piercing damage, and so on.

Second Wind
Also at 10th level, you are capable of partially reinvigorating
yourself to keep up your marksmanship. Once per long rest,
you may use your bonus action to regain 1d4 marksman
charges. The amount of marksman charges regained
increases by 1d4 at 13th (2d4) and 18th (3d4) level.
Bigger Gun
At 14th level, you are able to tweak your gun so that it can
carry more ammunition. The bullet capacity of your gun is
now doubled what it was before.
Master Marksman
When you've reached 20th level, you have reached the peak of
your gun-toting abilities. Your critical hit range when using
your gun is 19-20. Additionally, as long as the creature isn't
wearing heavy armor, you have advantage on attack rolls
made against the creature.
Gun Specialty
Guns come in a variety of flavors, as do the people who use
them and perfect their craft. Will you be a heavy hitter, or will
you be quick and agile? Will you be up close and personal
with your enemies, or taking them out from a great distance
away? It is time to make your mark on the world, fearless
adventurer. Choose from the following subclasses: buckaneer,
duelist, gatler, or sniper.
Gun Specialty: Buccaneer
Wild and free, buccaneers are a wild card among the gunslin-
with rapiers or scimitars while underwater.
-ging community, showing an aptitude of wielding melee
weaponry along with a destructive firearm that can rend foes
in close quarters to shreds. The buccaneer was once a
profession found solely amongst sea-faring pirates, as the
fighting style proved efficent at disrupting the organization of
a merchant ship's guards; however, the gunwielding method
was slowly passed on throughout the world as sailors retired
to lives on shore.
The Blunderbuss
When you choose this gun specialty at 1st level, you become
proficient with wielding the blunderbuss gun, and you add a
blunderbuss to your starting equipment. Despite the fact the
blunderbuss has the Heavy property, Small creatures are still
able to handle, eqiup, and carry the weapon as long as they
are proficient with it.
The blunderbuss's typical range of attack doesn't apply
when you use a Marksman Ability that specifically targets a
single creature or object, such as Cripple or Interfering Shot;
in these cases, the gun has a range of 15/30 feet.
High Seas Fighting
Also at 1st level, you have become accustomed to the high
seas fighting style that the buccaneers of old had mastered.
You become proficient with wielding scimitars and rapiers,
and you can choose to have either a rapier or scimitar as part
Blunderbuss Statistics
Cost: 15 gp
Weight: 5 lb.
Range: see "Special Property"
Damage: 1d6 piercing, plus 1d4 fire
Properties: Ammunition, Heavy, Loading,
Special
Special Property: You add your Intelligence modifier
to attack and damage rolls made by this weapon.
The gun deals damage in a 10-foot-wide cone;
creatures within 5 feet are attacked as normal,
while creatures no more than 10 feet away are
attacked with disadvantage. The blunderbuss can
fire one piece of ammunition before needing to be
reloaded, which requires a full turn to accomplish;
while typically requiring pellet-like bullets, if you
instead insert a small bladed into the blunderbuss
as its ammunition, the blunderbuss deals slashing
damage instead of piercing damage.
When the blunderbuss is fired, all creatures
within 5 feet of you must make a DC 17
Constitution saving throw, taking 1d4 thunder
damage and becoming deafened until the start of
your next turn on a failed save, or only half as much
damage on a success.
of your starting equipment. Additionally, you ignore difficult
terrain caused by either water, strong winds, or clutter made
by ropes or fabric, and you don't have disadvantage made
Fighting Dirty
At 6th level, you've picked up a few moves to employ in com-
-bat that would usually be considered cheap or dishonoable, if
it wasn't for the fact you don't care. Such a move is referred
to as a Dirty Trick, and it is common for a well-skilled bucca-
-neer to have a few of these moves under their belt in case a
fight starts turning against their favor. You learn one Dirty
Trick from the following list; you can learn more Dirty Tricks
at higher levels, learning one additional Dirty Trick when you
reach 9th (2), 13th (3), and 18th (4) level. If a Dirty Trick
requires a saving throw, the save DC is equal to 10 + your
Intelligence modifier + your proficiency bonus.
Dirty Trick: Cheap Hit. As an action, you make a quick
kick or jab at a sensitive spot on a creature within melee
range, and it must make a Constitution saving throw to
prevent being paralyzed for one round.
Dirty Trick: Discombobulate. You use your bonus action
to fill up your gun with a decent amount of powder and
fire your blunderbuss, releasing a brilliant flash of light
and crack of sound, forcing all creatures within 5 feet of
you to make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save,
a creature takes 2 radiant damage and 2 thunder damage,
and becomes blinded and deafened until the end of your
next turn; on a successful save, a creature only takes half
damage and suffers no other effect.
 Dirty Trick: Feign Defeat. As a reaction to a creature

making an attack against you, you force yourself to look

pitiful and trick the creature into thinking you're giving up,
forcing it to make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed
save, the creature becomes merciful towards you, and any
attack it makes against you suffers disadvantage. Attacks
by the creature against you continue to suffer disadvan-

-tage until you make an attack, at which point this effect

ends; you can attack the tricked creature with advantage
during this time.
Dirty Trick: I Have the High Ground. You use your main
action to move 15 feet straight towards a creature, forcing
it to make a Dexterity saving throw as you jump into the
air. On a failed save, the creature takes 1d8 bludgeoning
damage as you launch yourself into the air using its body
almost like a springboard, landing onto a surface no more
than 10 feet higher than the creature; on a successful
save, the creature takes half damage and you land within 5
feet of it, making a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw to pre-

-vent yourself from falling prone.

Dirty Trick: Nose Crack. Using your bonus action, you
quickly bring your forehead into the snout of another
creature, forcing it to make a Constitution saving throw.
On a failed save, the creature takes 1d6 bludgeoning
damage and suffers from one point of exhaustion as it
becomes wracked with pain from its broken nose bones. It
can repeat its saving throw at the start of each of its turns,
ending this effect on a successful save.
Dirty Trick: Scare Tactics. On your turn, you can use
your bonus action to slash a part of your body, taking 1
slashing damage, and you begin laughing maniacally,
sounding as if you are on the brink of insanity. For the next
round, attacks against you suffer disadvantage, and you
can use your reaction to force a creature that just attacked
you to make a Wisdom saving throw. On a a failed save, a
creature takes 1d4 psychic damage and becomes
frightened by you until the end of its next turn.
Dirty Trick: Taunt. As a reaction to a creature attacking
one of your allies, you quickly jeer at it, choosing a phrase
that hopefully is scathing enough on a personal level and
forcing it to make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed Scourge of the High Seas
save, the attack automatically fails and the attacked Starting at 17th level, you've learned how to perfectly strike
creature takes 1d6 psychic damage. On a success, the fear into the hearts of those around you like a true buckaneer,
creature instead just suffers disadvantage on attack rolls it and you give off the presence like a pirate lord of old. Any
makes until its next successful attack within the next creature of your choice that comes within 10 feet of you must
minute. make a Charisma saving throw equal to 10 + your Intelligen-

Dirty Trick: Trip Up. As a reaction to a creature moving -ce modifier + your proficiency bonus. On a failed save, the
within 5 feet of you, you turn and stick your leg out, for-
creature takes 2d6 psychic damage and becomes frightened
-cing the creature to make a Dexterity saving throw. On a by you for one minute.
failed save, the creature falls prone, takes 1d6 bludgeon-
Additionally, you can secure passage via water travel
-ing damage from the fall, and is stunned until the start of without any problem, and you have advantage on attacks
your next turn. made while on a boat or ship out on the water.

Boomstick Gun Speciality: Duelist

Beginning when you reach 12th level, your blunderbuss's Duelists are a suave category of gunners. The style of fighting
area of damage increases to become a 20-foot-wide cone, that they have learned evolved from the more civilized parts
with creatures within 10 feet being attacked as normal and of the world, from sprawling country towns to the depths of
those no more than 20 feet away being attacked with disad-
large cities. Their special revolvers, while small in size when
-vantage. Additionally, the area of effect for creatures to make compared to their bulkier counterparts such as the gatling
a Consitutiton saving throw increases to 10 feet, and the fire guns. are perfect for combat between buildings and on the
and thunder damage dealt by the blunderbuss is doubled. streets, easily maneuverable around corners to ambush foes
and capable of performing remarkable feats of precision.

Pair o' Revolvers
When you choose this gun specialty at 1st level, you become
proficient with wielding the revolver, and you add two revol-
giving up and refusing to continue fighting unless one of its
-vers to your starting equipment.
-suasion) check on the pacified creature; the DC for the check
Revolver Statistics
Cost: 10 gp
Weight: 2 lb.
Range: 30/60
Damage: 1d4 piercing damage
Properties: Ammunition, Light, Special
Special Property: You add your Intelligence modifier
to attack and damage rolls made by this weapon.
The revolver uses ammunition that is stored inside
a specialized canister; each canister can expend 6
dice worth of damage before needing to be
changed out with a new canister, which requires a
full turn to accomplish. You can use your bonus
action to attack with the revolver, adding your
typical bonuses to the attack and damage rolls.
Gun Specialty: Gatler
Effortless Shots
Also at 1st level, you are skilled in the art of dueling, taking
less effort to perform feats of strength with your gun. When
you use a Marksman Ability, you can decrease the number of
marksman charges required for the ability by 1 as long as the
targeted creature is within 30 feet of you.
You can use this feature a number of times per long rest
equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum once).
Firing First
When you reach 6th level, your skills as a duelist becomes
more apparents as you're able to beat your enemies to the
punch. As a reaction to a creature within range attacking you
or another creature, you make a single attack with your revol-
-ver against the attacking creature. If your attack hits, the
creature takes damage as normal and its own attack automat-
Also at 1st level, you are capable of hunkering down and
-ically fails.
You can use this ability once per short or long rest. When
you reach 11th level, this feature instead gains a recharge of
6, rather than requiring a rest.
Shootout
At 12th level, your trigger finger has quickened to the point
where you can unload a volley of bullets to terrify your
enemies. On your turn, if each of your revolvers has a full
canister, you can use your full turn to unload all of the bullets
within both revolvers to start a shootout, firing in a 30-foot-
wide cone in front of you. When you do this, you cannot tar-
up to a five rounds. The save DC for maintaing concentration
-get specific creatures, and instead the DM targets a random
creature or object for each bullet to hit; if you wish to target a
specific creature, you must succeed a DC 16 Intelligence
check.
When you use this ability, any creature within the cone
suffers disadvantage on saving throws against being frighten-
-ed for a number of rounds equal to your Intelligence modifier
(minimum one round), and any creature that is hit must suc-
-ceed a Wisdom saving throw equal to 10 + your proficiency
bonus + your Intelligence modifier. On a failed save, a crea-
-ture loses the bravery to continue fighting you or your allies,
allies succeeds a Charisma (Intimidation) or Charisma (Per-
is equal to the Wisdom save DC.
Once you use this ability, you cannot do so again until you
complete a short or long rest.
Legendary Shooter
Beginning when you reach 17th level, the stories of your esca-
-pades within the civilized reaches of the world have spread
far and wide, making you a renowned duelist with some
weight behind your name. You are considered proficient in
the Charisma (Intimidation) and Charisma (Persuasion)
skills; if you were already proficient, you instead add double
your Charisma modifier to these skills.
Additionally, creatures are less likely to start a fight if they
know you're going to be a part of it. At the beginning of an
encounter, roll a d100 for each hostile creature that can see
you, adding your Charisma modifier to the final roll. On rolls
of 95-100, that creature immediately surrenders and is no
longer an active part of the encounter.
You've decided to adopt the use of the dreaded gattling gun, a
terrifying machine that is capable of rapidly firing multiple
bullets, whether all concentrated on one individual or with a
group. However, the gatling gun possesses one drawback in
that its internal mechanisms, experimental in design, can
accidentally become jammed should the gun become over-
-loaded by firing too many bullets all at once.
The Gatling Gun
When you choose this gun specialty at 1st level, you add a
gattling gun to your starting equipment. Despite the fact that
this gun has the Heavy property, Small creatures are still able
to handle, equip, and carry the weapon as long as they are
proficient with it.
Living Turret
dealing vast amounts of damage to oncoming enemies. On
your turn, you may expend one marksman charge to enter a
Living Turret state. While your Living Turret state is active,
your movement speed is reduced to 0, your gun deals twice
the amount of dice worth of damage, and you can split up the
damage dealt; for example, if your gun is dealing 4d4
damage, you can choose up to 4 creatures to take one dice
worth of damage each, or if there are two creatures, you can
choose one to take one dice worth of damage and the other
take 3.
While in this state, you are maintaining concentration, for
is always 15, and you can add your Intelligence modifier
(minimum 1) and proficiency bonus to these saves. You do
not need to make a save if you reload your gun while the
Living Turret state is active.

Gatling Gun Statistics
Cost: 20 gp
Weight: 10 lb
Range: 30/120
Damage: 1d4 piercing
Properties: Ammunition, Heavy, Special, Two-
Handed
Special Property: You add your Intelligence modifier
to attack and damage rolls made by this weapon.
The gun uses ammunition that is fed into it
through a specialized belt; each belt can expend
20 dice worth of damage before needing to be
changed out with a new belt, which requires a full
turn to accomplish.
When rolling to determine damage on a
successful hit, you can make a choice to deal 1d4,
2d4, 3d4, or 4d4 piercing damage. If you choose
anything higher than 1d4, you must make an
Intelligence saving throw to prevent your gun from
jamming; the DC of the saving throw is 9 if dealing
2d4 damage, 13 if dealing 3d4 damage, and 17 if
dealing 4d4 damage. On a failed save, the gun jams
after dealing damage and cannot be used until it
becomes unjammed, which takes two full rounds
of concentration to complete.
You may use this feature a number of times per long rest
equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum once). When
you reach 11th level, this feature instead has a cooldown of
one minute.
Break Through the Front Line
Starting at 6th level, you are now able to deal 5d4 damage
with your gattling gun, with a jamming save DC of 20. Addi-
-tionally, while your Living Turret state is active, you have a
movement speed of 10 feet; bonuses to movement speed
granted by spells or abilities are only half effective.
No Man's Land
At 12th level, you become an imposing force, and you make it
difficult for your foes to overtake you. While you are in your
Living Turret state, you can expend one marksman charge to
make an attack reaction against a creature that you see when
it moves while in range of your gatling gun. Additionally, you
can expend two marksman charges to reload your gun during
your Living Turret state.
The amount of bullets you fire during this time causes the
ground around you to become littered with bullet casings.
The ground within 10 feet of you is considered difficult
terrain, and any creature that moves within this area must
make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw to prevent falling
prone.

Trench Commander
When you reach 17th level, you become an awe-inspiring
presence to your allies, who view you as some heroic leader
to follow into battle. You gain the following traits:
Lead the Charge. You can move your full movement
speed when you are in your Living Turret mode.
Hold the Line. All friendly creatures within 20 feet of you
have advantage against being frightened or charmed, a
friendly creature within 15 feet of you that has half or
three-quarter cover gain a bonus to ranged attacks equal
to 1 + your Charisma modifier (minimum +2 bonus), and a
friendly creature within 10 feet of you has advantage on
melee attacks.
Power of the Commander. You can innately cast the fol-
your gun, the attack roll made with this bullet is gains a
-lowing spells. If a spell requires a saving throw, the save
DC is equal to 10 + your proficiency bonus + your Charis-
Concussion Round: when this bullet is loaded into your
-ma modifier:
At will: command, heroism, vicious mockery
1/day: calm emotions, compelled duel, compulsion,
creature must make a Constitution saving throw, being
    freedom of movement
Gun Specialty: Sniper
Unseen and deadly, few can master the fine art of murder
that is required of a sniper. These gunners get their name
from the guns that they use, graceful rifles that allow the
individual that wields it the power to attack enemies from
great distances. The greatest of snipers are often talked
about as if the stuff of legends, spoken in hush whispers with
great fear and admiration, for they are so great as to remain
hidden from their enemies to have never had their faces seen.
The Rifle
Beginning when you choose this gun specialty at 1st level,
you become proficient with wielding the rifle, and you add a
rifle to your starting equipment. Despite the fact that this gun
has the Heavy property, Small creatures are still able to
handle, equip, and carry the weapon as long as they are
proficient with it.
Rifle Statistics
Cost: 15 gp
Weight: 8 lb
Range: 100/400
Damage: 2d6 piercing
Properties: Ammunition, Heavy, Loading,
Special, Two-Handed
Special Property: You add your Intelligence modifier
to attack and damage rolls made by this weapon.
When you make an attack with this weapon, its
natural precision has a chance to deal a devestating
amount of damage when you strike the right spot
on a creature. When an attack with the rifle
successfully hits a creature, a d100 is rolled,
adding your Intelligence modifier to the roll; on
91-100, the rifle deals two more dice worth of
damage.
Specialized Bullets
Also at 1st level, you've come to understand that there's only
so much your gun can do, and some enemies need a little
extra something to be brought down; to remedy this, you've
begun crafting special ammunition for your gun to bring
down unique foes. When you complete a long rest, you can
turn a number of bullets equal to your Intelligence modifier
(minimum one) into any combination of Specialized Bullets
from the following list. You can store these bullets over mul-
-tiple long rests, up to a maximum of 5 Specialized Bullets.
If a Specialized Bullet requires a saving throw, the save DC
is equal to 10 + your Intelligence modifier + your proficiency
bonus.
Armor Piercing Round: when this bullet is loaded into
bonus equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum +1).
gun, a successful hit with it deals 1d6 bludgeoning
damage instead of 2d6 piercing damage, but the attacked
stunned for one round on a failed save, falling prone. If the
attack is a critical hit, the creature gains one point of
exhaustion as well.
Explosive Round: when this bullet is loaded into the
chamber, you can target a point on a surface within range.
When you make the attack, all creatures within 10 feet of
that point must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature
is moved back a number of feet equal to 5 x your
Intelligence modifier (minimum 5 feet) and takes 1d8
bludgeoning damage plus 1d8 thunder damage on a failed
save, or is not moved and only takes half damage on a
success.
Incendiary Round: when this bullet is loaded into your
gun, a successful hit deals an additional 1d8 fire damage.
If the attack misses, the bullet hits a random spot within 5
feet of the attacked creature, igniting any and all flamma-
-ble objects not being worn or carried within 5 feet of the
impact site.
Splitting Round: when this bullet is loaded into your gun,
you are capable of targeting up to 5 creatures within a 10-
foot-wide cube. Each creature has an attack rolled made,
and on a hit a creature takes 1d6 piercing damage.
Viper Round: when this bullet is loaded into your gun, a
successful hit deals an additional 1d4 poison damage, and
the creature makes a Constitution saving throw. On failed
save, the creature becomes poisoned for one minute or
until it succeeds a Constitution save at the end of its turn.
A creature poisoned in this manner takes 1d4 poison
damage at the start of each of its turns.
The Perfect Shot
By 6th level, you've become more aware of the minute things
that affect your rifle's accuracy - wind speed, elevation, even
the rise and fall of your breathing or the beating of your own
heart - and you have begun to better anticipate the most opp-
-ortune moments to pull the trigger. On your turn, when you
make an attack roll, you can expend one marksman charge to
gain a +1 bonus to the roll. For every marksman charge that
is expended, on a hit the damage dealt is increased by one
1d6; this becomes 1d8 when you gain the Better Bullets
feature.

You cannot use this ability while an Armor Piercing Round,
Explosive Round, or Splitting Round is currently loaded into
your gun. Additionally, due to the amount of focus required to
use this feature, until the start of your next round you have
disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks and reactions
taken, and attacks against you have advantage.
Hunting from Afar
When you reach 12th level, you gain a bonus amount of
marksman charges after a long rest equal to your Intelligence
modifier (minimum +1 charges).
Additionally, when you make an attack with your rifle agai-
https://www.deviantart.com/darekzabrocki/art/Sniper-
-nst a creature more than 100 feet away from you, you can
expend one marksman charge to increase the maximum ran-
"Theme Templates", by Jared Ondricek:
-ge for making an attack roll as normal rather than with
disadvantage by 25 feet. For example, if you expend five
marksman charges, the range for the rifle becomes 225/400
for the attack. This cannot increase beyond the rifle's maxi-
-mum range of 400 feet.
Death's Hand
Beginning at 17th level, you have become something of a
myth, and your name is often whispered by your foes in fear
                of invoking your wrath; by those that regard you as a
              friend or ally, though, you are often referred to as
          "Death's Hand", invisible to those whose time has come.
       When you make an ranged attack with your rifle on a cre-
    -ature that has 20 or lower hit points, on a hit the creature
         must make a Constitution saving throw equal to 15 +
         your Intelligence modifier. On a failed save, the creature
         falls to 0 hit points instead of taking the standard amou-
         -nt of damage.
Additionally, you have advantage on Charisma (Intimida-
-tion) checks made against creatures that both know about
"Death's Hand" and know that you and "Death's Hand" are
one and the same.
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487584246
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