Bad News
Bad News | |
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General information | |
Type | Weapon |
Price | 800 gp[1] |
Properties | |
Notable properties | |
Historical information | |
Created by | Percival de Rolo |
Owner | Percival de Rolo |
Bad News is a unique firearm created and used by Percival de Rolo. It is a larger, more elongated version of his first pepperbox pistol. It has an incredible range and its shots are more powerful than a standard pistol, but it can only hold one bullet at a time.
Bad News is a breech-loading wheel lock precision sniper musket with optics,[3] similar to the one in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.[4]
Properties[edit | edit source]
Bad News is a longarm that requires two hands to wield, and can hold only one bullet before needing to be reloaded, with a 15% chance of misfiring. Each shot deals 2d12 piercing damage, and has a standard range of 200 feet and a long range of 800 feet.[2]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Taliesin once had to describe Bad News to an weapon engeneer of vintage guns, and the engeneer thought the design shouldn't work, which, Taliesin pointed out, was the point.[5]
- Beauregard Lionett (or Marisha) mentioned reading about "this thing called a Bad News once and it would sometimes explode."[6]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Hope" (1x56) at 38:17. It cost Percy 400 gp to repair Bad News. Under Matt's Gunslinger rules, repairing a gun costs half as much as the price of the gun, therefore Bad News must cost 800 gp.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Gunslinger on D&D Beyond
- ↑ "The Climb Within" (1x110) at 27:38. Bad news has a scope wtih a series of lenses.
- ↑ See Taliesin's tweet and the compiled information at Critical Analysis.
- ↑ The Legend of Vox Machina Season 2, Episodes 7-9 Q&A at 34:50.
- ↑ "Lingering Wounds" (2x89) at 59:43.
Art:
- ↑ Screenshot of Percy aiming Bad News from "The Tide of Bone" (LVM1x09). This file is a copyrighted work. Its use in this article is asserted to qualify as fair use of the material under United States copyright law.