Arcana

A silver pistol with arcane runes carved into the barrel. When fired, a soft ringing sound emanates from the gun.


Arcana has +2 to attack and damage, and is silvered.

As a bonus action, you may transform Arcana from a pistol to a shortsword. When Arcana is in pistol form, you may fire it as a bonus action.

Arcana has 10 charges and regains 1d6+4 charges daily at dawn. Additionally, you may spend spell slots to restore charges as a free action. When you do this, Arcana gains a number of charges equal to two times the level of the spent slot.

Arcana does not need to be reloaded. Instead, when you fire Arcana, it consumes 1 charge. When you make an attack with Arcana, you may spend additional charges to add one of the following effects to the attack. The spell save DC is equal to your own spell save DC.

2 charges: You charge the gun with explosive energy, turning the bullet into an explosive round. Hit or miss, the bullet explodes in a sphere of white energy. Each creature in a 10 ft radius makes a dex save, taking 2d6 force damage on a failure, or half as much on a success. Creatures killed with this explosion are turned to dust as if killed by the disintegrate spell.

3 charges: Lightning crackles up and down the barrel, turning the bullet into a paralyzing round. The target makes a con save, being paralyzed for 1 turn on a failure.

9 charges: You shoot a beam of destructive force. Instead of rolling a weapon attack, each creature in a line 30 ft long and 5 ft wide makes a dex save, taking 8d6 force damage on a failed save and half as much on a success.

Proficiency with a Pistol allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.

Notes: Bonus: Magic, by a spellcaster, Damage, Combat, Loading, Range, Ammunition (Firearms), Vex