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  2. Kalthoff repeater - Wikipedia

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    A cylindrical tube behind the breech block holds a strong coil spring, which pushes against the breech block. [1] Caspar Kalthoff made a flintlock repeating gun in London between the years 1654 and 1665. [3] This gun used a rotating breech, and was later repaired by Ezekiel Baker in 1818. [16] An identical gun by Caspar also resides in the ...

  3. Flintlock - Wikipedia

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    Flintlock pistol in "Queen Anne" layout, made in Lausanne by Galliard, c. 1760. On display at Morges military museum. Flintlock pistols were used as self-defense weapons and as a military arm. Their effective range was short, and they were frequently used as an adjunct to a sword or cutlass. Pistols were usually smoothbore although some rifled ...

  4. List of Dungeons & Dragons rulebooks - Wikipedia

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    In the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game, rule books contain all the elements of playing the game: rules to the game, how to play, options for gameplay, stat blocks and lore of monsters, and tables the Dungeon Master or player would roll dice for to add more of a random effect to the game.

  5. Flintlock mechanism - Wikipedia

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    A flintlock pistol made by Ketland Sparks generated by a flintlock mechanism. The flintlock mechanism is a type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century. It is commonly referred to as a "flintlock" (without the word mechanism). The term is also used for the weapons themselves as a whole, and not ...

  6. Puckle gun - Wikipedia

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    Patent No. 418, for James Puckle's 1718 revolving firearm, showing various cylinders for use with round and square bullets. The Puckle gun (also known as the defence gun) was a primitive crew-served, manually operated flintlock [1] revolver patented in 1718 by James Puckle (1667–1724), a British inventor, lawyer and writer.

  7. Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse - Wikipedia

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    The book was originally published as part of the Dungeons & Dragons Rules Expansion Gift Set on January 25, 2022. It was scheduled to have a standalone release on May 17, 2022; [5] [6] however, it released a day earlier on May 16. [1] Monsters of the Multiverse revises previously published aspects of 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons (D&D).

  8. Attribute (role-playing games) - Wikipedia

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    While a character rarely rolls a check using just an ability score, these scores, and the modifiers they create, affect nearly every aspect of a character's skills and abilities." [2] In some games, such as older versions of Dungeons & Dragons the attribute is used on its own to determine outcomes, whereas in many games, beginning with Bunnies ...

  9. Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica - Wikipedia

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    There's also nearly 40 pages dedicated to building adventures in Ravnica that include hooks to include different guilds. The book also contains about 70 pages filled with stat blocks for the monsters and NPCs that occupy Ravnica". [6] The book expands on game elements for the 5th edition, such as: