

I don’t want to spoil much more than that for anyone playing through the story that’s still reading, but it’s really important to know that they exist. The Waterdeep: Dragon Heist adventure does contain a stat block for Drow Gunslingers. There are mentions of gunslingers in the Forgotten Realms, and therefore in official WotC content. It’s also from that baseline that most homebrew gunslinger classes come from. They’re presented in the DMG as a baseline option for the world, and it’s up to a DM’s discretion whether or not they make their way into a campaign.

It’s a big thing to factor into a world, and comes with some ingame politics that your DM might have to navigate and plan out.įifth edition does have rules for firearms, but they’re not very fleshed out. I won’t go all history buff here, but the introduction of gunpowder shaped the face of our world and literally built empires. Just as magic can greatly influence the world you live in, so too can the concept of gunpowder. In a high magic setting, you get things like magical airships, high-tech warforged automatons, and maybe even magical firearms. You could also have a high-magic setting, where magic is commonplace. You could have a low-magic world, where magic users are rare and considered highly powerful or dangerous. The DMG does a great job of talking about the different conditions a world can be in. The reason for this isn’t really because WotC hasn’t gotten around to it yet, but rather that guns aren’t a part of everyone’s idea of a fantasy world. There is no official gunslinger class for D&D 5e at the moment. That’s pretty obvious, but it’s the “ in 5e” part that I want to discuss before we take the deep dive. Very simply, a gunslinger is a character who specializes in the use of firearms. Homebrew Gunslinger Fighter Progression / Build.Martial Archetype: Gunslinger (Critical Role).Black Citadel’s Ranking and Tier System.Gunslingers of Waterdeep *SPOILER ALERT*.
