# Is it possible to add GunSwords?

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**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [April 1, 2019, 5:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-gunswords/19484 "2019-04-01T05:19:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![estevao6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/estevao6/32/4974_2.png) [@estevao6](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/estevao6)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 5:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-gunswords/19484/1 "2019-04-01T05:19:38Z")

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do you guys think it’s possible to add gunswords, i mean using json and stuff.

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**Author:** ![Aluminumfoil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/aluminumfoil/32/5163_2.png) [@Aluminumfoil](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Aluminumfoil)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-gunswords/19484/2 "2019-04-01T05:49:10Z")

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Yes, just do the melee weapon part as an integrated, non-removable mod that the gun part spawns with.

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**Author:** ![Axema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/axema/32/10822_2.png) [@Axema](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Axema)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-gunswords/19484/3 "2019-04-01T09:58:44Z")

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Yes. You could make a katana that shoots discharged electricity as an example 👍

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**Author:** ![Trigon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trigon/32/2668_2.png) [@Trigon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Trigon)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-gunswords/19484/4 "2019-04-01T12:15:57Z")

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I think there’s already some kind of fantasy gunsword but it might only be available through debug. I’d double check the debug item wishlist.

But yeah adding items through json shouldn’t be too hard. I’m basically computer illiterate but from my understanding it’s one of the easier things to mod.

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**Author:** ![QuietCoyote](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/quietcoyote/32/6451_2.png) [@QuietCoyote](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/QuietCoyote)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-gunswords/19484/5 "2019-04-01T13:34:52Z")

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Easy, I mean rifles already have damage modifiers for bashing when you melee, so you could just change the damage to cutting or piercing.

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**Author:** ![nameless\_survivor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/nameless_survivor/32/4476_2.png) [@nameless\_survivor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/nameless_survivor)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-gunswords/19484/6 "2019-04-01T13:48:43Z")

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Already have them.

> **[Bayonet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayonet)**
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> A bayonet (from French baïonnette) is a knife, sword, or spike-shaped weapon designed to fit on the end of a rifle's muzzle, allowing it to be used as a spear. From the 17th century to World War I, it was considered the primary weapon for infantry attacks. Today, it is considered an ancillary weapon or a weapon of last resort. 
> The term bayonette itself dates back to the second half of the 16th century, but it is not clear whether bayonets at the time were knives that could be fitted to the en...

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**Author:** ![estevao6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/estevao6/32/4974_2.png) [@estevao6](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/estevao6)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-gunswords/19484/7 "2019-04-01T14:18:15Z")

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was thinking something more like this:

> **[Original 18th Century British Flintlock Hunting Sword Pistol with Scabbard by...](https://www.ima-usa.com/products/original-18th-century-british-flintlock-hunting-sword-pistol-with-scabbard-by-j-harris-of-london-circa-1750)**
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> Original Item. Only one available. This is a wonderful example of a mid 18th Century Flintlock Sword Pistol by J. Harris of London, complete with its ORIGINAL brass mounted Scabbard. Flintlock Sword / Pistols are always scarce, but not unheard of,...

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**Author:** ![Trigon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trigon/32/2668_2.png) [@Trigon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Trigon)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-gunswords/19484/8 "2019-04-01T15:45:21Z")

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Yeah just copy the stats from a sword and mash them together with the stats of a flintlock and it’ll be roughly what you want.

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**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-gunswords/19484/9 "2019-04-01T23:25:13Z")

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For realism sake. No. This is not a realistic idea and people have tried and failed catastrophically attempting this.

For fantasy? Sure awesome!

Just note. If the barrel gets bent even slightly. It turns into an explosive device that kills the user. Youtube a bent shotgun and …wait I’ll go get that for you…

Here is a few extras in there for the grins. I’d perhaps be checking literally every bullet/cartridge till I was less paranoid lol

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**Author:** ![estevao6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/estevao6/32/4974_2.png) [@estevao6](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/estevao6)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 3:30am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-gunswords/19484/10 "2019-04-02T03:30:59Z")

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i saw a video from shadversity on the topic it was pretty nice, i just like the ideia of combining the two, but in real life i would say no and keep that sweet sweet claymore.

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**Author:** ![Trigon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trigon/32/2668_2.png) [@Trigon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Trigon)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 6:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-gunswords/19484/11 "2019-04-02T06:15:01Z")

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Except the linked wiki article two posts above yours was for a real sword that existed and was used. Just because it wasn’t very good at its intended job doesn’t make it unrealistic. We can still make chainsaw lajatangs in game even though it’s a far worse idea.

The six shot revolver gunsword thing from Final Famtasy less so, but it’s not what is being referred to in this topic.

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-gunswords/19484/12 "2019-04-02T15:10:14Z")

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That’s a shotgun, not a rifle, as rifles have been able to still work if a person has bent the barrel even to extreme lengths.

[Ex: Krummlauf for the STG44](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krummlauf)

Still, the effective range of the rifle would be dramatically reduced, maybe even to the point of the nail rifle with flechettes…