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[otdderamin]

Research: Percy's Guns

This is a compilation, as near as I can assemble it, of every description Taliesin has ever given of Percy's guns, in chronological order. For any artists and gun enthusiasts, you now have you answers in one permalink.

If you have any corrections, additional citations, or other information to contribute, I’d love to hear from you. I can be reached on Twitter or Tumblr.

[WIP: Need to add references and descriptions from the episodes themselves.]

 This research project brought to you by strong tea, every Trial of the Take episode, OCD, and poor impulse control.

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  List

2015-06-13 Gun type: https://twitter.com/RunnerJuggs/status/609897288454901760 Jonathan Huggins: "Can you send me a description of Bad News, the Pepperbox, and Percy. Looking for how they and he would look like?" Taliesin: "he also carries a pepper box gun and a skull white physicians mask."

 2015-07-28 Gun type: https://twitter.com/WarriorOfAsgard/status/626164133449367552 Joseph Pearce: "What type of guns are Bad News and Pepperbox?" Taliesin: "pepperbox is the type of gun, not its name :-) it has 6 barrels' 1 fire 1 ice. It has 2 sets of 3 auto ready flintlocks."

 2015-08-07 Visual description: https://twitter.com/MikeyB7667/status/629753360602767360 Trebeard: "could you describe of what the Pepper Box looks like as i'm trying to build a scale model for you." Taliesin: "Pepperbox: 6 Barrel 6 Flintlock (3 on each side) with one blue and one red shaded barrel."

 2015-08-22 How reload works: https://twitter.com/BrachionBlick/status/635171555585101824 Brent Blick: "Can you tell me how your reload works? Is the number for the amount of bullets or guns used? How advanced are Percy's guns?" Taliesin: "per bullets. 6 & reload for the pepperbox, 1 & reload for BN. I call them the best guns the 18th ish century had to offer." Brent: " So the pepperbox takes 6 turns to load at a minimum?" Taliesin: " one turn. It's got a load crank." Brent: "oh I have it, but my buddy is military & asking how a pepperbox from olden days is reloaded so fast. I say 'because fantasy!'" Brent: "he would like to know what would a loading crank do to something that 'rotates freely with your off hand'?" Taliesin: "PB is definitely considered a 2 hand weapon."

 2015-09-24 Pepperbox Enchantments: https://twitter.com/techiecarer/status/647199831144968192 Liam @techiecarer: "Two quick questions, what is the extra damage on the Pepperbox's fire/ice barrels and did Tiberius enchant it for the effect?" Taliesin: "1D4 bonus and they were enchanted metals."

 2015-10-23 Percy's always had the List: https://twitter.com/Waffleman26/status/657760969255325696 Sean Robert Warren: "1. Keep doing what you do, which is kicking acting's ass. 2. Has Percy always had his gun from level 1, or something else?" Taliesin: "1. Thanks man, glad you're enjoying the ride. @. Yep, he's had the Pepperbox since day one."

 2015-11-20 Elemental Damage: https://twitter.com/jjerrell89/status/667869857023696896 Jerry Jerrell: "I am sure you get annoyed with these questions, but I was wondering how Percy was able to do elemental shots?" Taliesin: "almost answered with a gif.. Two of the barrels of bad news are infused with magic materials." (Typo: List has multiple barrels with elemental damage, Bad News has one barrel and no enchantment.)

 2015-12-11 Cost of The List: https://twitter.com/ToonEzon/status/675341133720002560 Joe Ezon: "what was the GP value of the list? How much did Scanlan cost percy?" Crit Role Stats: "Generic pepperbox: 450 GP. The List was enchanted, so... a bit more." Joe Ezon: "a little bit or a lot abit?, say 100-200 GP maybe?" Crit Role Stats: "Months of enchantments and years of repairs... Let's try thousands."

 2016-01-05 New pepperbox design: https://twitter.com/artofbartlett/status/684639763819851776 Taliesin: "Love the handle inlay :-)"

 2016-01-15 Lorenzoni mechanism: https://twitter.com/thewauzzer/status/688084522294996996 Anton: "If you ever need another handgun for Percy or some NPC look up the Lorenzoni repeating flintlock pistol Cheers" Taliesin: "The Pepperbox actually had a modified Lorenzoni mechanism. :-)"

 2016-11-01 Inlay design example: https://twitter.com/VoiceOfOBrien/status/793530599105363968 Liam retweeted to Taliesin.

 2016-12-07 List firing mechanism: https://twitter.com/executivegoth/status/806426716583301120 Taliesin: "List…: Flint lock with a modified spinning Ferguson..."

   Bad News

2015-04-26 First tweet about Bad News (by name): https://twitter.com/summertealover/status/581308972218626048 Huntmaster Summer: " Percy and Bad News are a winning team #CriticalRole @executivegoth"

 2015-04-19 When was Bad News made: https://twitter.com/rooksnook65/status/589973929218875392 MichaelS: "Did Percy's 'Bad News' come about immediately or did he craft it over time?" Taliesin: "It was built during the conversion from Pathfinder to 5th. @matthewmercer made sure it was both fair and unique as a weapon."

 2015-05-22 Image reference and gun type: https://twitter.com/AreBee1975/status/601666951757205505 Taliesin: "definitely in that direction. It's a single shot wheel lock with custom optics :-)"

 2015-06-13 Gun type: https://twitter.com/RunnerJuggs/status/609897288454901760 Jonathan Huggins: "Can you send me a description of Bad News, the Pepperbox, and Percy. Looking for how they and he would look like?" Taliesin: "@AnemoneTea has perfected Percy. As for bad news, it's an 8 ft. Long version of the gun from Munchausen."

 2015-07-28 Gun type: https://twitter.com/WarriorOfAsgard/status/626164133449367552 Joseph Pearce: "What type of guns are Bad News and Pepperbox?" Taliesin: "Bad News is a wheel lock precision sniper musket with optics, similar to the one in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen." This is Adolphus from "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"

 2015-07-30 Image Reference: https://twitter.com/kennefriggles/status/626833737813090304 http://www.superpunch.net/2014/05/lego-blunderbuss-and-anglerfish.html Taliesin: "that with about triple the barrel. Love it!"

 2015-08-22 How reload works: https://twitter.com/BrachionBlick/status/635171555585101824 Brent Blick: "Can you tell me how your reload works? Is the number for the amount of bullets or guns used? How advanced are Percy's guns?" Taliesin: "per bullets. 6 & reload for the pepperbox, 1 & reload for BN. I call them the best guns the 18th ish century had to offer."

 2015-11-19 Does Taliesin have a description: https://twitter.com/Dvapid/status/667518288205848577 Darkervapid: "Do you have art of what "bad news" looks like exactly. Or maybe a description?" Taliesin: " "there is an offical description that I haven't shared, but not offical art. I like to keep it vauge so that people take liberties."

 2015-11-25 Wendy Sullivan Green Design in comic "Critical Role: Winter's Crest Festival #2: http://geekandsundry.com/critical-role-winters-crest-festival-2/

 2015-11-29 Gun Type: https://twitter.com/executivegoth/status/671017135242543104 Taliesin: " a high caliber sniper rifle, basically." Misty Crom: "PepperBox range quoted as '150 ft' if memory serves. Bad News range quoted as 'disgusting'." (Taliesin liked the comment)

 2016-04-18 Image reference liked by Taliesin: https://twitter.com/Zombified502/status/722112508006412289

 2016-08-12 Joma Cuerto Bad News design: https://twitter.com/ForgingMeanings/status/764051728425639936 Joma: "wonder if @executivegoth have any notes on how he thinks Bad News should look!" Taliesin: "I've always thought of it a bit like Adolphus's Gun in Munchausen without the tapered blunderbuss barrel."

 2015-10-15 Bad News Loading Mechanism: https://twitter.com/MikeyB7667/status/654778079613595648 Trebeard: just one query. BAD NEWS is a breach loader isn't it? I hope it is, cos i got one hell of a surprise for you if it is :-)" Taliesin: "an old form of breach loader, yes :-)" https://twitter.com/MikeyB7667/status/655500211062775809 Trebeard: "The breach for bad news is based on this."

 2016-09-08 Bad News Loading Mechanism: https://twitter.com/LeSemblantON/status/773984722993180672 Jamie M: "Is Bad News a muzzleloader, or breach loader like a Smith Carbine? Flint lock firing mechanism?" Taliesin: "VERY early form of breechloader, with a dutch style wheel lock."

 2016-12-07 Bad News firing mechanism: https://twitter.com/executivegoth/status/806426739303845888 Taliesin: "Bad news is a Wheel Lock with a Rolling Block connected to a break action." sotnaS èrdnA: "That sounds incredibly complicated/impractical/dangerous. I love it. Thank you," Taliesin." yes. So much yes. But surpringly fast to load. With a 1/10 - 1/7 failure rate."

 2017-01-11 Video example of a 1625 Breechloading Wheellock gun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beOgmCxeh7A https://twitter.com/McFly_McGoven/status/819331150380417024 Taliesin: " It's actually even more complicated, but that's part of the main description, yes. It's a mess." Taliesin: " GREAT FIND BTW" Taliesin: " Boy his breach is WAY better than Percy's...." Christopher Mayfield: "Will Percy ever "create" the cartridge or shell like modern firearms or will it be more primitive like now." Taliesin: "My plan is to keep it Ball shot. Don't wanna break the game :-)"

   Retort

2016-04-21 screenshot from the Ep50 opening: https://twitter.com/Miami_BaT/status/723333568219492356 Retort was the only pepperbox Percy had when the opening was filmed.

 2016-05-01 Retort name origin: https://twitter.com/theduganator/status/726871972571930625 Stephen Dugan: "i heard you mention "retort". is that the new gun's name? as in "Well allow me to____" from Pulp Fiction?" Taliesin liked the tweet

 2016-12-07 Retort firing mechanism: https://twitter.com/executivegoth/status/806426716583301120 Taliesin: "Retort…: Flint lock with a modified… Breach…"

   Animus

2016-12-01 - Joma Cueto design: https://twitter.com/ForgingMeanings/status/804564487491592193 https://twitter.com/rasnac_khan/status/806363137389817856 rasnac: "Mr.Jaffe I'd be glad if you please finalize this discussion among us: Are Percy's guns muzzleloader matchlocks?" Taliesin: "I always want to encourage artistic licenses, and these guns are obviously not real. That being said..." https://twitter.com/executivegoth/status/806426716583301120 Taliesin: "… Animus: Flint lock with a modified spinning Ferguson…"

 2017-01-09 Animus 3D model: https://twitter.com/WillRed90/status/818557710505537539 Liked by Taliesin

   Miscellanea

2015-08-31 You can't duel wield pepperboxes: https://twitter.com/theduganator/status/638533898679517184 Stephen Dugan: "would Percy be able to wield a second pepperbox in his offhand, or are firearms not able to be dual wielded?" Taliesin: "They can't. You need two hands to reload." Dugan: " also, since you now have 3 attacks, does that mean you can fire bad news twice a round?" Taliesin: "Yep :-) every other round." Dugan: "that's right. Fire, reload, fire. then reload, fire, reload. although having ammo will help lol"

 2015-10-22 The Birthplace of Percy's style: http://geekandsundry.com/critical-role-character-soundtrack-number-one-with-a-bullet/ Taliesin: "Also, see Plunkett & Macleane. It’s the birthplace of Percy’s style."

 2015-10-23 Action type to switch guns: https://twitter.com/averysdaddy05/status/657624259016048640 Jason Waddle: "is it an action/bonus action for Percy to switch from Pepperbox to Bad News?" Matt: "Stowing/Drawing weapons is included in the attack action."

 2015-10-24 Mask Description: https://twitter.com/BrandiYorkArt/status/657985287788728320 Brandi: "Finally caught up on #CriticalRole. @executivegoth Is Percy's mask a plague dr's mask? Bird motif and all. Or something else?" Taliesin: "it's a plague doctor with a bit more of a skull motif and the beak swept down rather than out." Cashew!: "Thank you for asking and answering! This is on my to-do list for this week.What color is the mask? Skulltoned?" Taliesin: "The one I'm building will be skull toned with brown and silver inserts."

 2016-02-27 Firearms and stealth: https://twitter.com/jaa0109/status/703646025639137280 John Appleton: "How do you handle firearms in relation to stealth? What's the range on the noise each shot makes?" Matt: "Its pretty damn loud regardless, so they'll break stealth in most cases" John: "I'm asking more in the terms of, 'Do the bandits further in the dungeon hear it?'" Matt: "For a pistol, it's possible (you can roll their perception), but Bad News? That's gonna echo for awhile!" Mathew Michalak: "is it possible to enchant weapons (gun,bows) like with (heavy) armour (silent moves)?" Matt: "It would indeed be possible, IMO."

 2017-01-10 Talks Machina Ep8: Twitch 0:54:58 https://www.twitch.tv/geekandsundry/v/113915245

[Alpha time + link, someone please?]

Brian: "Taliesin, aisle5 on Reddit… Cleanup on aisle 5. What a great name! 'Taliesin, Percy has recently had an unfortunate string of his weapons breaking in really bad moments, does this weigh on his conscious or does he think of it as an acceptable risk?'"

Taliesin: "It's interesting, because he doesn't blame himself when they break, at all, it's not his fault. That's just bad luck, even though it's entirely his fault. Yeah, he hasn't taken any of that into heart, other than getting really, really frustrated at his tools, and feeling like he needs to- He'll probably upgrade something while there's breathing room of any kind. But it's part of the fun of that kind of character class, though, is that everything can go horribly wrong so quickly."

Brian: "Was it Bad News that broke down? You had to bust out Retort?"

Taliesin: "Retort broke, and then Bad News came out. Which is funny because Bad News breaks down much more easily. I occasionally have a couple gun nerds, who every now and then, text me to get a more complete description of these guns. And every now and then they're like, 'I kind of imagine it like this.' And I'm like, 'You've just described a functional tool. I'm going to describe something to you, and you're going to have to look up some of these words for really early technology that by its nature kills the person using it 1 out of 9 times.' These are not highly, well made machines. These are terrible."

Travis: "Those guns took right turns when they fired."

Taliesin: "It was a Loony Toon gun, yeah."

Travis mimics a gun firing to the side: "Whoops! I'm sorry!"

Laura: "Oh geez."

Travis: "Oh, damn."

Brian: "Every third shot it just shoots balloons for some reason."

Taliesin: "It's a breech load wheel lock. These things explode. Yeah, I've made a few gun nerds cry going, 'Who would build that? It's so dumb!' This asshole! It's really dumb, I know! It's got a 1 in 7 chance of failing every shot. God!"

Brian: "Let's roll those dice."

Taliesin: "Yeah. They're designed to fail, and so I kind of- But he's definitely way too egotistical to think it's his fault."

Brian: "Will you tell us what the upgrades are, or should we wait?"

Taliesin: "I haven't really figured it out yet. I don't want to get more powerful, I'm not interested in getting more powerful, it's all about streamlining the notion of the character at this point."

Brian: "Interesting. What do you mean by that?"

Taliesin: "He's had several epiphanies over the last- few games, and we haven't really had time to stop and think about ourselves, but he's… yeah…"

Brian: "Do what I do: make time every day."

Taliesin: "Make time every day. He's got a much clearer idea of who he wants to be, and one of those is he wants to stop relying so much- He wants, especially in combat and things of that nature, he feels like he's relying on things he can't control, and is very much about the idea of creating bubbles of control. And so, a lot of it will be like, 'Oh look at this weird little magical thing that does this for me. Well, we can't have that anymore, I don't understand how that works, get rid of it.' It's a lot of, 'If you can't explain to me how it works, I want it gone.'"

Brian: "Yeah."

Travis: "Interesting."

Taliesin: "So, there's a lot of that. It's a very Batman thing."

Brian: "Yeah, it's going to make the next few - -"

Taliesin: "He's doesn't have a Green Lantern ring because he's like, 'I don't get it.'"

2017-09-26 Bullet type for all guns https://twitter.com/executivegoth/status/912365385055322112

Taliesin: "I've kept it vague (I may get more precise after the game) But it's a modified cap and ball that doesn't need a ramrod except for cleaning."

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[monicaranbeau]

warriorofasgard a réagi à votre billet “dogs”

ohh it's actually made by @jennifergarner! her icons are amazing :)

ahah mine is also hers i knew i recognized the style... her icons are indeed very nice

[themostdangerouswomanintheverse]

2, 13

Hey! Sorry this took me forever! These past few days have been rather busy.

[klarolinesbuttons]

When you get this ask, list 5 things that make you happy then pass it on to the last 10 people who reblogged from you :)

hmm lessee...

my cats and rabbits

fresh baked cookies

a new episode of my fav shows

when my otps share screentime

when other people understand and fuel my fandom obsession

well that deteriorate quickly ;)

[blxckwidoww]

sorry for the late reply! i was kinda busy with school work this week (and probably still will be :///) i have to finish my book by monday and i still have half of it left lol. and thank you! i actually did do pretty well on the tests! i hope you did too! and same idk what i should do that would be fun though~

you are totally fine

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once upon a time

Thanks for sending an ask!

The first character I first fell in love with: I first fell in love with Regina (even though she was evil at first). I especially really admired her in the 4th season for staying “good” despite her past.

The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Hook. I thought i would be really annoyed with him at first when he first showed up but now I just absolutely love him. :)

The character everyone else loves that I don’t: Especially in the 4th season, Anna. Ugh she just annoys me sometimes. :\

The character I love that everyone else hates: i can’t really think of one. Regina maybe? especially at first. idk maybe people hated her?

The character I used to love but don’t any longer: don’t really have one :)

The character I would totally smooch: Hook. ;)

The character I’d want to be like: Snow White. I just really admire her for her bravery and strength.

The character I’d slap:  Rumpelstiltskin. I hate him for hurting Belle and everyone else. (i know cliche, hating the villain but i truly don’t like him)

A pairing that I love: CAPTAIN SWAN!!!! i love them so they’re just so perfect :D

A pairing that I despise: Rumple/Belle sorry :\ (Belle deserves better)

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and i can’t even concentrate on any of it…

right??? like this would all get done if I could just focus but like

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dogs

where do I start? dogs are everything I have a dog named Charlie and my family rescued him from a shelter. also I really like big dogs because I can hug them and they're basically giant stuffed animals but alive and it’s great. IN CONCLUSION: DOGS MAKE ME HAPPY (i love your icon btw its gorgeous)

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When you get this ask, list 5 things that make you happy then pass it on to the last 10 people who reblogged from you :)

1. My dog

2. Chocolate

3. New episodes of my favorite shows, especially when those episodes rock and come after a hiatus (on the flip side are the ones that rock but come right before a hiatus, those make me happy and then very sad)

4. My friends

5. Getting to visit my family

Thanks love!

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for the fandom thing you should do agents of shield!

which character is the most punctual

melinda or phil, definitely, though phil can often get carried away with his missions, professional or personal, so melinda ends up having to drag him away from it to make it to a meeting. skye is always getting lost in her computer, deadlines outside of fieldwork are more flexible, in her opinion. fitz and simmons are usually pretty good about being on time; unless they’re in the middle of a project or building some new scientific invention or discussing why fitz is no longer allowed to name things. trip tries to be an ideal agent, standing on his own, always feeling like he needs to prove himself, so he is very punctual. he is easily distracted however, often being pulled into discussions with fitz and simmons or helping skye with some training, forgetting he’s supposed to be somewhere.

which character is the most political

skye, for sure. she still holds on to her old hacker spirit of wanting to get to the bottom of everything, and politics is no exception. she stops just short of making buttons for her preferred candidates (she refuses to say how she learned that they don't take money from any lobbies or that they aren't cheating on their spouses) before every election, though they never seem to be part of either major party, and the rest of the team has learned to make themselves scarce during that time of year.

which character is the most likely to want children

coulson and may already feel like they have children in the team and they are more than enough work for them. skye wonders if she could be a good parent if she’s never really had one; maybe one day she would consider it, but for now she is 100% focused on the mission. trip would love to have some little ones running around in the future, he is probably the one with the life plan that best works towards them. simmons knows shield is more progressive than most employers, or whatever it is coulson is forming, but she still wonders if she would be able to continue her work in the same way if she took time off to have kids. fitz can picture the monkey themed nursery already, but he isn’t sure he will ever have the wife he pictured too.

which character likes pineapple on their pizza

skye. it’s something she picked up on her travels across america in her hacking days. she was always one for trying local specials, and when she finally came across pineapple, there was no going back.

which character drives too fast

coulson would say may. she would say he drives too slowly. she’s not allowed to drive lola anymore. simmons and fitz, despite now being part of a technically illegal group, are still sticklers for following the rules, simmons more so than fitz, though she has gotta better about not being so anal about it due to skye’s influence. skye and trip are both fairly fast drivers, but skye is more reckless, not having gone through the driving training he has.

which character is the most likely to be a smoker

melinda used to, back in the day, to try and help with stress after the incident. but she quit soon after and wouldn’t even consider it now. fitz, simmons, and skye are decidedly against smoking, they know all too well the impacts it has on the body, and simmons is ready to share if anyone were to ever forget. trip is over the idea that smoking makes you look cool; not that he ever needed any outside help on that front. phil would attempt to fall back on it every now and then after he found out what really happened to him after new york, but after the 5th lecture from simmons and the time he caught skye and melinda flushing his hidden pack, he gave up, deciding to take melinda up on her morning tai chi offers.

Send me a fandom (or a ship) and I’ll tell you who

[blxckwidoww]

(for the handwriting meme) your name, a quote, and any random sentence :)

okay! thank you, love

have me write things! 

[thor0dinson]

volstagg

put a fictional character in my ask

who? | only know their name | loathe | ugh | overrated | indifferent | dead | alive | just okay | cute | badass | my baby | hot | want to marry | favorite 

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