Level 2
Component Cost 10 gp
Catagory Volatile
Market Price 100 gp
Time 2 hours
Key Skill Arcana, Thievery, or Nature (no check)
This formula creates 20 lbs of explosive black powder, which can be used to make explosive grenades or used in black powder firearms. As long as it is kept in a sealed glass container or some other waterproof container, it will keep almost indefintely.
It takes 1/2 pound of gunpowder to make a grenade.
Black powder can be used in almost any kind of firearm, although the weapons must be cleaned after use. Otherwise, the powder will corrode the weapon and reduce its lifespan.
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Smokeless Powder
Level 8
Component cost 75 gp
Catagory Volatile
Market Price 500 gp
Time 2 hours
Key Skill Arcana, Thievery, or Nature (no check)
This formula creates 20 lbs of explosive smokeless powder, which can be used to make explosive grenades or used in firearms of most any type. As long as it is kept in a sealed glass container or some other waterproof container, it will keep almost indefinitely.
It takes 1/4 pound of smokeless powder to make a grenade.
Smokeless powder can be used in almost any firearm, although the weapons must be cleaned after use. Otherwise, the powder will corrode the weapon and reduce its lifespan.
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Fuse Cord
Level 2
Component cost 1 gp, plus 1/2 pound of black powder OR 1/4 pound of smokeless powder
Catagory Volatile
Market Price 25 gp
Time 1 hour
Key skill Arcana, Thievery, or Nature (no check)
This formula creates 25 feet of fast burning fuse cord. When ignited, the corn burns at a rate of 6 inches/turn. It is used as a detonation device for grenades filled with either black powder or smokeless powder.
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Grenade
Level 4
Component cost 5gp, plus 1/2 pound of black powder OR 1/4 pound of smokeless powder
Catagory Volatile
Market Price 75 gp
Time 10 minutes
Key Skill Arcana, Thievery, or Nature (no check)
This allows you to create an explosive grenade.
This weapon can be used as a Ranged Basic attack.
When detonated, the grenade creates a burst zone 1, including the target square. Any creature in that zone takes 1d12 force and shrapnel damage. Any creature immediately adjacent to that zone take 1d6 force damage.
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Paper Cartridge
Level 6
Component cost 5 gp*, plus 2 lbs of black powder OR 1 lb of smokeless powder
Catagory Volatile
Market Price 75 gp
Time 30 minutes
Key Skill Arcana, Thievery, or Nature (no check)
This allows you to make 20 wrapped paper cartridges to make loading muzzle-loaded firearms a minor action instead of a standard action.
*If you use smokeless powder for your paper cartridges, you will need to use bullets that have been specially coated with copper or nickel or brass; this increases the cost to 10 gp. The coating is to prevent lead from accumulating in the barrel and causing your weapon to experience a forced-chamber explosion (if this happens, it will cause 3d10 damage to you, and 1d10 damage to anyone in a square adjacent to you).
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Brass Cartridge
Level 11
Component cost 15 gp*, plus 2lbs of black powder OR 1lb of smokeless powder
Catagory Volatile
Market Price 500 gp**
Time 30 minutes
Key Skill Arcana, Thievery, or Nature (no check)
This allows ou to make 20 brass cartridges for firearms that are designed to take brass cartridges. Included in these are breech-loaded firearms (including falling block and break action), revolvers, lever-actions, pump actions, and semi-automatic weapons.
*This cost reflects the cost of the brass casings, the primers (which are used to initiate the firing process after the trigger is pulled) and the lead bullets. If you use smokeless powder, you will need to use bullets coated with copper, brass, or nickel, which increases the price by 15 gp. If you have saved your brass casings from your previous adventure, then you do not need to purchase new brass casings, and the cost in reduced by 10 gp.
**The market price for this includes the equipment you will need to permit loading and reloading of brass cartridges.
