Cannon Spear (3.5e Equipment)

As per its name, the cannon spear is a rather bulky longspear that has a short round cannon barrel closed with a lid just below the spearhead and with a flint hammer at the back of the barrel. When packed with gunpowder and a cannonball, the cannon can fire as a ranged weapon. (But make sure you open the barrel first.) Reloading the cannon takes two full round actions, one to place the gunpowder, and another to place the cannonball.

Cannon Spear

Exotic Two-Handed Melee
Critical:	x3
Range Increment:	—
Type:	Piercing
Hardness:	—

Size

Cost¹

Damage

Weight¹

hp

Fine

*

—

Diminutive

*

—

Tiny

*

—

Small

90gp

—

Medium

90gp

1d10

25 lb.

Large

180gp

2d8

—

Huge

*

—

Gargantuan

*

—

Colossal

*

—

The SRD only gives a means to determine costs and weights of weapons for Large and Small versions based on the Medium weapons. Any other supplied values are the author's best determination.

Note: The feat Rapid Reload can be applied to reduce total reload time to one full round action, and Instant Reload to reduce reload time to a move action.

As setting the cannon to fire requires the wielder to open the lid and move the spearhead away from the tip of the weapon, the spear can not be set against a charge when preparing to fire. Until the lid is closed, the cannon spear can not be used as a piercing weapon.

Cannonball

Ammunition
Critical:	x3
Range Increment:	30 ft.
Type:	bludgeoning
Hardness:	—