Firearms Permit

The most dramatic application of science is probably the use of firearms. In Ptolus, characters have extremely limited access to a slightly higher level of technology than what would be considered early medieval. This includes firearms, most commonly known as dragon pistols and dragon rifles (although there are other types as well).

However, all these devices are rare and steadily becoming more so. Such advancements in science helped forge the Empire, but as the Empire declines, so too does the knowledge of how to create and maintain these wonderful devices. It is often difficult to purchase such items these days. (p38/521)

Licenses & Permits

In the Empire it is necessary to carry a firearms permit, which costs 10 gp to obtain and an annual fee of 1 gp to renew. Permits are granted only to citizens. They are required so the Empire can control these powerful weapons, at least to a point. Failure to present a permit when found with a firearm is a crime punishable by a 500-gp fine. (p521)

Permits to carry firearms may be obtained at the Administration Building in Oldtown. This also creates revenue and allows the Imperial government to monitor activities they consider worth monitoring, such as firearm ownership and book printing. (p291/516)

Imperial License
to
Bear Firearms

The bearer of this license

Roger Moore

(Name)

is hereby granted, through the generosity of the Lion-Guarded Throne, the right to possess a firearm(s) and ammunition.

License holders may carry said firearms in public places and may conceal them on their persons but must display this license upon demand by any Imperial officials or agents thereof.

License holders remain solely responsible for any crimes or wrongdoings resulting from use or misuse of said firearm.

Witnessed here, this

12th

day of

Rain

in the year

692

of the Imperial Age, by

Belara Trasero

Imperial Registrar of Firearms

Darrious Haronson

(Signature of License Holder)