Rifle
At a Glance
- Weapon: Rifle
- Campaign status: Gnome-advanced
- 5.5e / 2024: Hunting rifle; 2d10 Piercing; 80/240 ft.; Reload (5); Slow
- 5e / 2014: Hunting rifle; 2d10 Piercing; 80/240 ft.; Reload (5)
- Pathfinder 1e: Advanced two-handed firearm; 1d10 Medium damage
- D&D 3.5e: Modern hunting rifle; 2d10 Medium damage
The rifle is a precision long gun with a grooved barrel that stabilises its projectile and extends effective range beyond ordinary early smoothbore firearms.
This level of precision manufacture is exceptional. Rifles using self-contained metal cartridges are associated with advanced gnome gunsmiths, rare copied mechanisms and highly specialised workshops rather than ordinary city arsenals.
Rifle in the Campaign
A rifle lets a specialist threaten targets at distances that make many early firearms impractical. Its single-shot capacity means it still rewards careful fire rather than volume, and its advanced cartridge supply can be difficult to replace outside the workshops that produced it.
Rifle Rules by Edition
Rifle — D&D 5.5e / 2024
| Category | Damage | Range | Weight | Properties | Mastery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunting Rifle | 2d10 Piercing | 80/240 ft. | 8 lb. | Ammunition (Firearms), Reload (5 shots), Two-Handed | Slow |
Slow mastery. On a damaging hit, reduce the target’s Speed by 10 feet until the start of the attacker’s next turn; multiple Slow hits do not stack beyond 10 feet.
Campaign availability. The site’s Rifle uses this hunting-rifle profile mechanically but remains a Gnome-advanced precision weapon in the setting.
Rifle — D&D 5e / 2014
| Category | Damage | Range | Weight | Properties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunting Rifle | 2d10 Piercing | 80/240 ft. | 8 lb. | Ammunition, Reload (5 shots), Two-Handed |
The 2014 DMG modern-firearm profile carries five shots before reloading. It has no Weapon Mastery property.
Rifle — Pathfinder 1e
| Cost | Dmg (S) | Dmg (M) | Critical | Range | Misfire | Capacity | Weight | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,000 gp | 1d8 | 1d10 | ×4 | 80 ft. | 1 | 1 | 12 lbs. | B and P |
The grooved barrel extends range and accuracy beyond early long-bore firearms. This advanced firearm uses metal cartridges and the normal PF1e advanced-firearm rules.
Rifle — D&D 3.5e
| Category | Dmg (S) | Dmg (M) | Critical | Range Increment | Weight | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunting Rifle; Exotic Firearm | 2d8 | 2d10 | ×2 | 80 ft. | 8 lb. | Piercing |
The 3.5e DMG modern-era hunting rifle uses the normal modern-firearm proficiency rules. Treat this tab as the closest rules equivalent to the site’s Gnome-advanced rifle.
What Changes Between Editions?
- 2024: the hunting-rifle profile gains Slow mastery.
- 2014: keeps the same modern-firearm damage, range and five-shot reload without mastery.
- PF1e: is a single-shot advanced firearm using metal cartridges, touch-AC penetration and misfire rules.
- 3.5e: uses the DMG hunting-rifle profile and exotic-firearm proficiency.
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Sources and Licensing
Pathfinder firearm statistics and rules material derive from Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Ultimate Combat, © 2011 Paizo Publishing, LLC; authors Jason Bulmahn, Tim Hitchcock, Colin McComb, Rob McCreary, Jason Nelson, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Sean K Reynolds, Owen K.C. Stephens and Russ Taylor.
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