Artillerist Class (first draft)

I love me some fantasy firearms. The Artillerist is a mixture of the Hunter/Engineer from WoW, fantasy alchemist, and any given Clint Eastwood Character.

I'm not 100% solid on some of the advanced moves.  Any feedback is appreciated!

Artillerist on Google Docs

Artillerist on my blog

The gunslinger penalty is pretty nasty - it knocks you to 3 average damage with hack-and-slash, behind the Cleric and Bard, and the Dedicated version gives you lower damage than the Wizard.  I understand wanting lower damage for hack and slash than for volley, but that seems a bit excessive.  I'd probably go with d6 damage and then add a line to the gun saying that your damage is d10 while using it, and leave the penalty off Gunslinger.

Armor-piercing rounds should indicate that it's optional and Da Bomb should note that you can't spend ammo if the volley comes up 7-9.  The other interpretation would be dumb, but you should write it down anyway.

Those are all good ideas. I'm sure there a couple places besides AP Rounds and Da' Bomb that need the syntax cleaned up a bit.

The Gunslinger moves were a couple that I was concerned about. I think I like your solution. That way the Artillerist just gets better without making anything worse. Just saying "You do 1d10 with the gun" hadn't occurred to me.

the increased gun damage could be either a starting move, in which case a diligent multi-classer can take it... or perhaps it's just their damage dice. While every other class does d6 or d10 or whatever, the Gunslinger does "D6 (+d4 with a gun)" or similar.

Thanks for the input, gang. I've made some changes to the class based on the feedback here and the DW Tavern on Google+

*I changed the Gnome racial.

*Class damage is now 1d6. The "Gunslinger" starting move lets him do 1d10 with his gun.

*"Gunslinger" and "Dedicated Gunslinger" have become "Deadeye" and "One Shot One Kill." These boost Volley damage (including bows and stuff) and doesn't mess with Hack and Slash damage.

*I reworked "Da' Bomb" and "Big Badda Boom" a bit, reducing their damage slightly from (b[2d10] and 2[bd10]+6 ignores armor) to (1d10 and b[2d10] ignores armor). I could be convinced to switch it back.

I also put this in with Da'Bomb:
If you roll a 7-9 on a volley with a bomb, choosing the “You have to take several shots...” option indicates that one of your bombs was a useless dud.