My idea was inspired by looking at the musket-toting chick in the new wallpaper. Sawyer said that she was also (usually) armed with a military hammer, but there was no sign of it in the illustration. And, TBH, having a one-shot musket when facing a legion of zombies is about as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike.

 

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Enchanted Brawler's Musket

(Magic Weapon)

 

Even the most skilled musket-shot knows that after one enemy has been felled, there are others to fight. Many warriors are forced to drop their precious black-powder weapons and draw their blades, risking the loss of, or damage to, their firearm.

 

Warrior-Wizards considered the problem at length, the result being the ensorcelled Musket, often known as a Brawler's Musket or a Marksman's Maul.

 

The weapon looks like a standard wheel-lock musket, but the working parts are cleverly protected by a semi-circular bracket of enchanted metal plate. The barrel has a reinforced grip and the stock is equipped with a long, curved hook fashioned from soul-forged steel. Once the weapon is discharged, the user may reverse it and use it as a savage melee weapon, akin to a billhook or staff.

 

Other muskets are equipped with long, barbed magical daggers that slide into a bracket under the muzzle. This device, sometimes known as a bayonet, allows the piece to be used as a short but effective spear.

 

Lastly it is whispered that, in the deepest magical-armouries of the most advanced cultures, that extraordinary enchantments are possible: muskets that fire two or even three balls at once from multiple barrels. War-forged ammunition filled with magical fire. Weapons that have charges designed to mimic an arcane veil...

Have they indicated how fast the musket-type gun is going to fire? I'm assuming it's not like a spell from the IE games, where once it's used it's out of service for the rest of the fight. So if it's slow-firing, it should be quite powerful.

 

In essence, with a party of melee characters, the musket companion can take out the "big" enemies at long range, while the melee guys make sure no one comes near him/her as he's doing so.