Pulley Gun

Description: Grappling hooks are fine for simple climbing, but sometimes you need to move heavy loads over walls or across chasms. The pulley gun makes this job a breeze. A blast of steam propels a thick metal spike up to 50 feet through the air and deep into any surface up to hardness 8. (The spike penetrates stone but not iron.) The force of impact compresses the spike, causing four tines to dig into the surface and secure it. An instant after the spike fires, a second blast of steam shoots a pulley-and-rope attachment from a second barrel. This barrel is sighted so that the pulley hits and locks onto the spike. Once the pulley is secure, the 100 feet of attached spidersilk rope can be used to move up to 800 pounds. Operation: The pulley gun requires a ranged attack roll to hit its target. It has a range increment of 5 feet and deals 3d6 points of piercing damage if used as a weapon. Most characters using a pulley gun take a -4 nonproficiency penalty on their attack rolls, though a character with 5 or more ranks in Use T echnological Device does not take this penalty. Resetting the pulley gun after it has been fired takes 3 rounds, but detaching the rope and pulley system from the spike takes 3 minutes. Removing a spike from a wall is nigh impossible, so tinkers usually carry backup spikes. Fuel: One vial of phlogiston fuels four shots. Malfunction: Balky. Hardness 3; 5 hp; Size Tiny; W eight 6 lb.; MR 1; TS 4, Craft DC 14; Price 160 gp. Repeating Pistol