Zhorn
2019-09-04, 12:30 PM
So those of us that have looked at Gunpowder in the DMG and Smokepowder in Dragon Heist have noticed a small disconnect between how much a keg holds of one vs the other.
A few times in the Dragon Heist module, there are kegs of Smokepowder the book describes as containing 5 pounds each. The magic item at the end of the book makes no mention of the weight of a standard keg of Smokepowder, only that a keg has enough for 500 firearm shots (doses), and a packet has enough for 5.
The DMG doesn't cover shots/doses, but it does list kegs as containing 20 pounds of Gunpowder, and a powder horn holding 2 pounds. Now it since it doesn't explicitly say the powder horn or the keg have their own weights, for simplicity we'll just go with the weight being only the Gunpowder and the container as just a non-factor.
So for the sake of getting these numbers to line up better, I'd propose that the kegs in the rooms of Dragon Heist are not 'full' kegs (they're usually in huge stacks, so if a player wants a full keg, I'd just say they decant a few kegs into one). Here's the (obvious) numbers I'm thinking of running with:
Let a 'full' keg be 20 lb. for 500 doses
Let a powder horn be 2 lb. for 50 doses
Let a packet be negligible weight for 5 doses
1 lb. of Smokepowder = 25 doses
Discharging a firearm: 1 dose
Discharging a cannon: 1 lb.
With the above numbers in mind; how many doses of Smokepowder should be used to make a stick of dynamite? The damage between the different quantities of Smokepowder and Gunpowder exploding in kegs, horns, packets, etc, has got me a bit lost of what would be a reasonably consistent number. edit: scrapped
Similarly, what would be a good volume for Smokepowder per dose (or doses)? There's bound to be a point in time where my players will want to know how much Smokepowder can be fit into a container of x*y*z dimensions.
ie: doses per cubic foot, per gallon, etc
A few times in the Dragon Heist module, there are kegs of Smokepowder the book describes as containing 5 pounds each. The magic item at the end of the book makes no mention of the weight of a standard keg of Smokepowder, only that a keg has enough for 500 firearm shots (doses), and a packet has enough for 5.
The DMG doesn't cover shots/doses, but it does list kegs as containing 20 pounds of Gunpowder, and a powder horn holding 2 pounds. Now it since it doesn't explicitly say the powder horn or the keg have their own weights, for simplicity we'll just go with the weight being only the Gunpowder and the container as just a non-factor.
So for the sake of getting these numbers to line up better, I'd propose that the kegs in the rooms of Dragon Heist are not 'full' kegs (they're usually in huge stacks, so if a player wants a full keg, I'd just say they decant a few kegs into one). Here's the (obvious) numbers I'm thinking of running with:
Let a 'full' keg be 20 lb. for 500 doses
Let a powder horn be 2 lb. for 50 doses
Let a packet be negligible weight for 5 doses
1 lb. of Smokepowder = 25 doses
Discharging a firearm: 1 dose
Discharging a cannon: 1 lb.
With the above numbers in mind; how many doses of Smokepowder should be used to make a stick of dynamite? The damage between the different quantities of Smokepowder and Gunpowder exploding in kegs, horns, packets, etc, has got me a bit lost of what would be a reasonably consistent number. edit: scrapped
Similarly, what would be a good volume for Smokepowder per dose (or doses)? There's bound to be a point in time where my players will want to know how much Smokepowder can be fit into a container of x*y*z dimensions.
ie: doses per cubic foot, per gallon, etc