The Gnomish Superweapon

Stylised around a steampunk version of a Gatling Gun, the weapon is the most important element in the battle for control over the city of Jarren's Outpost. It was created by the gnomes and used once before the events of Jarren's Outpost Hustle. Before the first episode of Jarren's Outpost Hustle, the orcs who occupy the docks to the east of the gnomish district stole the weapon from them. For the majority of Jarren's Outpost Hustle it remains in a bag of holding.

The weapon was rumoured to have killed a hundred people within the space of five minutes, mass-killing unheard of both in Jarren's Outpost and throughout Goldcrest. It requires three halflings to operate - one to man and aim, one to feed ammunition, and a third to maintain. The combination lock on the bag of holding that contains it is 10 characters long, and there are 58 letters in the gnomish alphabet. It’s going to take a while to crack. 430,804,206,899,405,824 possible combinations, 27.3 billion years.

Relationships

 * In Jarren's Outpost, everyone either wants the weapon for themselves, or wants it destroyed, with a few exceptions.

Plot

 * At the beginning of Jarren's Outpost Hustle, the orcs possess the weapon.
 * In Dragon On Your Heels, the dragon takes the weapon from the orcs.
 * In Locked, the party steals the weapon from Damian Eaton's vault.
 * In Trouble On The Homefront, Surefoots take the weapon from the party by force.
 * In It's Just Good (Halfling) Business, the Surefoots use the weapon on Periwinkle and Graggia.
 * In The Weapon, the weapon stops working, and when it's fixed, Leo kills its operators.