Cannon Spear (3.5e Equipment)

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Cannon Spear
Exotic Two-Handed Melee
Critical: x3
Range Increment:
Type: Piercing
Hardness:
Size Cost1 Damage Weight1 hp
Fine * *
Diminutive * *
Tiny * *
Small 90gp
Medium 90gp 1d10 25 lb.
Large 180gp 2d8
Huge * *
Gargantuan * *
Colossal * *
  1. The SRD only gives a means to determine costs and weights of weapons for Large and Small versions based on the Medium weapons. Any other supplied values are the author's best determination.

As per its name, the cannon spear is a rather bulky longspear that has a short round cannon barrel closed with a lid just below the spearhead and with a flint hammer at the back of the barrel. When packed with gunpowder and a cannonball, the cannon can fire as a ranged weapon. (But make sure you open the barrel first.) Reloading the cannon takes two full round actions, one to place the gunpowder, and another to place the cannonball.

Note: The feat Rapid Reload can be applied to reduce total reload time to one full round action, and Instant Reload to reduce reload time to a move action.

As setting the cannon to fire requires the wielder to open the lid and move the spearhead away from the tip of the weapon, the spear can not be set against a charge when preparing to fire. Until the lid is closed, the cannon spear can not be used as a piercing weapon.

Cannonball
Ammunition
Critical: x3
Range Increment: 30 ft.
Type: bludgeoning
Hardness:
Size Cost1 Damage Weight1 hp
Fine * *
Diminutive * *
Tiny * *
Small 20gp
Medium 20gp 2d6 10 lb.
Large 40gp 3d6
Huge * *
Gargantuan * *
Colossal * *
  1. The SRD only gives a means to determine costs and weights of weapons for Large and Small versions based on the Medium weapons. Any other supplied values are the author's best determination.

Cannonballs are commonly round iron balls about 1 to 1 1/2 ft in diameter for a medium cannon. Small or smaller cannon spears and cannonballs are not made. Gunpowder sold seperately.



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