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# Blowgun The Blowgun is a seldom used weapon due to its lack of damage and no addition of a damage modifier. Typically relegated to being a 'fun' item or for delivering poisons. This content intends to make Blowgun a viable choice for a specific playstyle. {{note PHB (2024) Pg 27; Damage Rolls When attacking with a weapon, you add your ability modifier—the same modifier used for the attack roll—to the damage roll. A spell tells you which dice to roll for damage and whether to add any modifiers. Unless a rule says otherwise, you don’t add your ability modifier to a fixed damage amount that doesn’t use a roll, such as the damage of a Blowgun. }} ## Blowgun (Revised) *Martial Ranged Weapon*, 1 lb. 10 GP : **Damage** - 1 Piercing **Properties*** - Ammunition (Range 25/100; Needle), Loading, Two-Handed, Obscure, Precise. **Mastery** - Vex (*) This weapon is considered to have Finesse for any prerequisite that requires a weapon to have Finesse. #### Obscure When you attack a creature with this weapon while you have the Invisible condition, make a DC 12 Dexterity (Stealth) check. On a failure, you lose the Invisible condition and creatures within 10 feet of the target are aware of you and your location. On a success, you maintain the Invisible condition. #### Precise Attacks with this weapon can score a Critical Hit on a roll of 17-20 on the d20. When you hit a creature with this weapon, you can add your Dexterity modifier to the damage dealt by the weapon. When you score a Critical Hit, you can double this bonus damage. ### Blowgun Expert (Feat) *General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+)* You gain Proficiency with Blowgun in addition to the following benefits. **Ability Score Increase.** Increase your Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20. **Ignore Loading.** You ignore the Loading property of Blowguns. If you're holding a Blowgun you can load a piece of ammunition into it even if you lack a free hand. **Camouflaged.** Once per turn when you attack with a Blowgun while you are in an area that is Lightly Obscured or Heavily Obscured; you can gain the Invisible condition and move up to 10 feet without provoking Opportunity Attacks. {{imageMaskCorner20,--offsetX:43%,--offsetY:-63%,--rotation:0 ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IP-DND-Resources/Poisons-Expanded/refs/heads/main/img/Blowgun.png){width:450px,right:-10px,bottom:-100px,opacity:90%,transform:scaleX(-1)} }}

##### Blowgun [Dall-E 3](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IP-DND-Resources/Poisons-Expanded/refs/heads/main/img/prompts.txt)

\column ## Implications (FAQ) ##### 1d4 Weapon Damage With a critical rate of 5%, a 1d4 weapon with a +3 damage modifier does an average damage of 5.625. 2.5 (Avg Roll) * 1.05 (5% Crit chance) + 3 (Ability modifier) = 5.625 ##### Blowgun Damage with Precise With a critical rate of 20%, a Blowgun with a +3 damage modifier does an average damage of 4.6, or 1.025 less than a 1d4 weapon on average. 3 (Ability modifier) * 1.20 (20% Crit chance to double Ability modifier) + 1 (Weapon Damage) = 4.6 ##### Critical Hit A 20% Critical Hit chance means that creatures with high AC become much easier to hit, but this really only applies to 22+. The following table assumes a +5 to hit. ###### Chance to miss |AC|5% Crit|20% Crit| |:---|:---|:---| |22|80%|80%| |23|85%|80%| |24|90%|80%| |25|95%|80%| |26|95%|80%| Mastery with a Blowgun gives conditional Advantage (Vex), increasing the chance to Critically Hit to 36% (20% + [15.9%](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2014/07/12/dnd-5e-advantage-disadvantage-probability/)) brining average damage to 5.08. ##### Poisoner Feat This should be assumed to reference "Basic Poison" when it says poison. With all of the considerations and bonuses, this only brings a Blowgun in line with comparable weapon damages.

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