[dnd 3.5e] Renaissance/Industrial weapons?

[Dsurion]

Just a warning from watching our group: If you make weapons with a long reload time, put some limits as to how many of them can be reasonably carried in a position where they can be drawn. Otherwise you get what we started doing - the PC's carry 10 loaded guns in their belt.

Nothing wrong with this. Pirates used to do it boarding ships when possible. If it becomes a real annoyance, you simply remind the players of the hazards of carrying loaded gunpowder weapons.

Rain will dampen their day (shoot me for the bad pun later), as will any kind of water immersion, when their guns no longer function.

A concentrated amount of heat could set the guns off while they're loaded in a person's belt.

I'm sure there are other things you could use that are equally obvious.