18thCenturyMage/Arms and Equipment

Weaponry

Reloading: All firearms of this period were muzzle-loaders which took a considerable amount of time to reload. It takes six turns to reload a sidearm, nine turns to reload a smoothbore longarm and twelve turns to reload a rifled longarm.

Ammunition: Black powder weapons use extremely large calibre round lead bullets. As a general rule, musket balls are the largest and won't fit in a pistol or rifled weapon. Rifled weapons use the same ammunition as travelling pistols.

Skill usage: Sidearms and Longarms use Dexterity + Firearms. Propelled and Thrown weapons use Dexterity + Athletics.

Weapon traits: The weapons listed below come with a number of traits that are additional to those in the core nWoD system.

Armour Piercing: Weapons with the AP trait are designed to punch through or ignore armour with greater efficiency than normal. Any hit with an AP weapon reduces the damage reduction from the target's armour by an amount equal to the AP trait. AP from different sources stack together.

Entangling:

Hafted: Weapons with a long haft make it easier to parry incoming melee attacks, granting +1 Defense against Brawl or Weaponry attacks when the weapon is wielded in two hands.

Smoothbore: Weapons with the Smoothbore trait do not fire true, all range penalties are increased; to -4 at medium range and -6 at long range.

Sidearms

Type                Damage    Range    Str  Size   Special
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Pocket pistol        1L     10/20/40    1    1P    AP1, Smoothbore
Travelling pistol    2L     15/30/60    2    1S    AP1, Smoothbore
Dragoon pistol       2L     15/30/60    2    2J    AP1, Smoothbore
Blunderbuss pistol   2L     5/10/20     2    2L    9-Again, Smoothbore

Adding "scratch rifling" to a pistol makes it more accurate, though is considered ungentlemanly if brought to a duel. Scratch rifling removes the Smoothbore trait, and increases the range by 50%. However, it also increases loading time by two turns.

Longarms

Type                Damage    Range     Str  Size   Special
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Carbine              2L      20/40/80    2    3     AP1, Smoothbore
Rifled carbine       2L      75/150/300  2    3     AP1, 9-Again on Aim
Musket               2L      30/60/120   3    3     AP1, Smoothbore
Long rifle           2L     125/250/500  3    3     AP1, 9-Again on Aim
Fowling piece        1L      30/60/120   3    3     Smoothbore
Blunderbuss          3L      10/20/40    3    3     9-Again, Smoothbore

All Longarms require two hands to use accurately. Firing a longarm one-handed incurs a -1 dice penalty.

Propelled Weapons

Type       Damage  Range     Str  Size   Special
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Atlatl      3L     Thrownx5   2    3
Blowgun     0L     Special    1    2N    Range is 2x(Size+Stamina+Athletics)
Bolas       0B     Thrown     2    2J    Entangling
Bow†        1L     Special   =Str =Str   Range equal to 3x(Strength+Size+Athletics), Strength penalties are doubled.
Sling†      1L     Thrownx3   2    1P    Range increases to Thrownx5 if using bullets rather than stones

†Requires two hands.

Thrown Weapons

Type         Damage  Range   Str  Size   Special
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Dart          -1L    Aero     1    1P    Does not 10-Again
Hachet        1L     Thrown   2    1S    Can opt to do Bashing instead
Javelin       2L     Aero     2    2N
Knife         1L     Aero     2    1P    Combat knives use Thrown range
Tomahawk      2L     Thrown   2    2J    Can opt to do Bashing instead

Melee Weapons

Type                 Damage  Size   Special
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Baton                 1B      2J
Club                  2B      2J
Fixed bayonet†        2L      1S    1L if used unfixed
Gunstock club         2B/2L   3N    AP1 (Lethal only)
Hachet                1L      1S
Halberd†              3L      4N    Hafted, Minimum Str 3
Knife                 1L      1S
Lance                 3L      4N    9-Again. Assumes used from horseback, functions as a spear if dismounted.
Pickaxe†              3L      4N    AP1, -3 if used to attack in next turn
Quarterstaff†         2B      4B    Hafted
Sledgehammer†         3B      4N    
Spear†                2L      4N    Hafted
Sword                 2L      2L    Sabres do +1 damage if used from height advantage; thrusting swords have AP 1
Tomahawk              2L      2J    Optional 2B if fitted with a hammer poll; AP1 if fitted with spear-bit
Woodcutter's axe†     3L      3N    9-Again

†Requires two hands; if used one-handed, the Strength requirement increases by one.

Armour and Shields

Armour and shields have fallen out of favour in this period; neither is particularly effective against bullets or cannonballs. However, they do remain in use in certain locales and by certain peoples.

Equipment

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