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(Okay, so you guys get 100 gp worth of gear and equipment. You get one firearm of your choice with your equipment, along with the corresponding ammunition. Melee and non-firearm ranged weapons are part of your 100 gp equipment acquisition.)

((So all characters have firearm proficiency? How much ammunition? Does the 100 gp replace both the starting equipment from class and background? If I take the cannon shield, do I need to deduct the cost of a shield too, or is the whole thing included?))

(Most characters have firearm proficiency. Some don't. As for ammo, like for the cannon shield, it only fires one shot, and you get 8 cannon balls in a container. It takes a full turn to load up. For something like a pistol, you get seven to ten magazines that hold 7-15 rounds, depending on the size of the round. It takes a bonus action to reload. The 100 gp does not need to replace any of the starting equipment from the class and background. If you already have the equipment you want/need, by all means, keep the 100 gp. That's on the house! You can certainly take the cannon shield, and count it as the whole thing included. )

(I'll update OP with more information.)

(So, as far as I'm concerned, the game will run between 7 am MST to 10 pm MST everyday. As long as you post once in that time period during the day, that's how it'll go.)

 Super interested in joining! Looks like an awesome setting from what I have read so far. Dropping this as a reminder to read more when I get to work in the morning and hopefully make a character if you don't fill up before I get to it.

(Definitely would love to have you along! Look forward to it!)

Why are you not just putting it all here on a single site?

(First off, DDB only does homebrew sub classes, not base classes. Even if I wanted to, I couldn't put the unique homebrew base classes I've built on here. Not all the classes are homebrew, I get it, but some are. Also, I'm broke as ****, lol. I couldn't afford any of the fancy books this site offers if I wanted to right now. Second off, I've had this other page up for a long time! Why try to recreate everything on here, when we can just post here? I know it's more convenient to have everything here, but it's more so for me as the DM to have a pre-made source of all of my information that I've had for years instead of trying to move it all over here. Maybe one day I will.)

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(Most characters have firearm proficiency. Some don't. As for ammo, like for the cannon shield, it only fires one shot, and you get 8 cannon balls in a container. It takes a full turn to load up. For something like a pistol, you get seven to ten magazines that hold 7-15 rounds, depending on the size of the round. It takes a bonus action to reload. The 100 gp does not need to replace any of the starting equipment from the class and background. If you already have the equipment you want/need, by all means, keep the 100 gp. That's on the house! You can certainly take the cannon shield, and count it as the whole thing included. )

 ((Ok, I don't think I would, as I'm starting as a fighter and taking gadgeteer at third level. The firearms come with a + to hit on their own, but are they all DEX based? I suppose thrown stuff would be STR based... Weapons you're not proficient in can still be used, you just don't get to add proficiency, is that the same for firearms, or do you need to be proficient to use them? May take the shield cannon as an 'opener' to combat at range if he can use it.))

(Fair enough. The firearms are all DEX-based, yes. And yes, you need to be proficient in firearms to add your proficiency bonus to them. You can still use them, just no proficiency bonus added. That sounds dope! I like it!)

((So the shield cannon has an innate +5 +0 DEX + 0 Prof, so he'd still have a +5 to hit at 80/150 ft? Fire it off if combat starts outside of melee, then it's  just a shield, reload between encounters. Nice. He'll probably have better ranged options once he hits subclass, but it's a fun start!))

Really interested in this, and would love to play, but I need a little time to do more research on this. I should be back with a character in a short while :)

Name: Tharteas

Class: Outlander

Race: Half-Orc

Background: Outlander

Backstory:

Thar was abandoned at birth and was taken in by a famous bounty hunter, who taught him how to track, hunt, and kill with efficiency and skill. Eventually though, Thar had to be left to his own devices, and fend for himself, to see if he would make it, or whether natural selection would take it's course.

Ability scores: 14 16 9 12 13 15

Ability scores: 14 10 14 10 13 17

Planning on a human monk from Wuxia, will flesh out some details later once I know more about that area..?

Name: None (his monastery strips the names from their adherents, who need to find a new name on their pilgrimage…)

Class: Monk

Race: Human

Background: Hermit

Backstory: Raised from a young age in a small monastery, dedicated to the concept of impermanence, he has recently passed his last tests before embarking on a traditional pilgrimage to better understand his lessons in a more-practical context, and to find a name… He is still bright eyed, and keen, so has already had a few encounters where he has been unwilling to step aside from those in need…

The link for the artificer class on your obsidian portal page doesn't work.  Assuming it's just the normal artificer class? or is it a homebrew version?

(Yeah, is the normal Artificer class.)

(Fixed it!)

Name: Victor Grey

Class: Gunslinger

Background: Guild Artisan

Backstory:  Victor used to make guns for the military until one day members of a criminal organization abducted his wife and threatened to kill her if he didn't comply with their demands.  They wanted Victor to steal a recently made order of guns and deliver it to a safehouse outside of the city.   That night he brought the shipment to the drop-off location and made the exchange to get his wife back.  While walking back into town the criminals gunned them down from behind and left them to die in the road.  Victor survived but his wife did not.  He now has his mind set on tracking down those responsible and delivering justice/getting revenge.  (Probably on the run for stealing the military's guns.. will need some help figuring out who that is and what leads I might have on a criminal organization that would be involved).

Ability scores:Ability scores: 6 15 13 12 14 11

Standard human only? or variant allowed?

Both.