Prerequisites: 4th level, Hill Dwarf
The Hill Dwarves are legendary for their prowess in artillery tactics and their fondness for overwhelming firepower. You receive the following benefits.
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Big Guns. Your Strength or Constitution score increases by 1. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.
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Effecient Foundries. You require half the material value to forge any Hand Cannons, Organ Guns, Cannons, or Mortars, as well as Cannonball and Bombshell ammunitions.
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Battery Fire. Whenever you use the Attack action with a Hand Cannon or fire a piece of Artillery using an action or bonus action, you may aim and fire a piece of Artillery as a free action. This can occur any number of times each turn. This may not trigger itself.
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Quick Hands. When operating Artillery pieces, you may perform any aim, load, and fire action at the cost of a single action, regardless of the size of the Artillery. For artillery of size Large or smaller, you may perform any Aim, Load, or fire action as a bonus action.
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We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Shell. You may craft Cannons and Mortars of Gargantuan size.
- Their base weight modifier is 15552x, and their base cost modifier is 2592x.
- The discount from Efficienct Foundries applies to the cost of these Gargantuan artillery pieces.
- The Weight Class modifier is 1000x. The Range modifier is 2000x.
- Gargantuan artillery pieces take 1 month of active work to complete.
- The Gargantuan Cannon deals 32d12 blugeoning damage.
- Gargantuan Cannonballs weigh 512lbs
- The Gargantuan Mortar deals 16d12 blugeoning damage.
- Gargantuan Bombshells weigh 384lbs
- Gargantuan artillery pieces require 3 actions each to move, load, aim and fire.
- Their base weight modifier is 15552x, and their base cost modifier is 2592x.