This skill allows some skilled with Musketry to use a flinklock pistol in their offhand. This would allow an extra shot if the character also had a flintlock pistol in their primary hand but the main use of it is to allow the character to wield a sword in their primary hand and a flintlock in their offhand. Of course, the fact that a flintlock pistol can only be fired one time is a limiting factor. If the character has multiple flintlock pistol on them (in holsters or tucked into waistbands or otherwise easily accessible), they can fire one, drop it and then pull and fire another one the the next round, taking into account the normal -5 initiative modifier.
Rank with this skill cannot exceed rank with Musketry. |