07-26-2020, 08:34 PM | #11 | |
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Power 6 takes 16,000 pts of energy with the last point taking 8000 mage-days of S&S all by itself. An alternative to Power Enchantments is exclusive Powerstones. 3 shots per day isn't that big a limit for a gentlemans' holdout piece. Such a weapon would seldom get fired and reloaded more than 3 times a day. If the setting were High Mana (very attractive to least Spells generally) You could put in a 2 pt Powerstone and get 6 shots per day out of it.
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07-27-2020, 07:03 PM | #12 | |
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07-27-2020, 08:24 PM | #13 | |
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From the beginning of rifling to even the Pennsylvania/Kentucky rifle took centuries of work and development. Just because you've heard of rifling doesn't mean you're most of the way to the 1853 Enfield. Those oblong sling bullets would have spun as they flew but it would have been 90 degrees away from the sort of spin you get with rifled bullets and used to reduce wobble on high arcing trajectories. It's literally orthogonal to rifled bullets.
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07-28-2020, 11:47 AM | #14 | |
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It might give a very clever Gadgeteer the idea to spin them the long way, but yeah, otherwise it's the wrong kind of spin. Could be interesting for grapeshot out of cannon though...
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07-28-2020, 12:08 PM | #15 | |
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The quick & dirty enchantment for ember would only take a few minutes. Also, the actual pieces for the gun should not take months. Swords didn't & neither did crossbows. Therefore, I can think of nothing about the gun manufacture that would require months. Last edited by Tinman; 07-28-2020 at 12:24 PM. |
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07-28-2020, 12:11 PM | #16 |
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One hour. No more, no less. Then about an hour's resting time if all the energy came out of the Enchanter's FP.
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07-28-2020, 12:23 PM | #17 |
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As to the drab clothing & trench warfare issue:
Unless the guns gained a lot more accuracy than muskets you're not going to have to worry about that. The accuracy would require rifling as has been pointed out & while it's true that it was around from early on it was exclusively used on expensive hunting rifles. Rifling is hard to do at low tech & therefore very expensive. Also is the issue of getting the fit of the bullet to the bore to be snug but not too tight. This tight fit will also significantly slow down reloading. All of which is why real world armies didn't use rifles except in small specialized units of skirmishers. All of which is to say, I think it would lead to typical 18th century musket warfare, if they have bayonets & Pike & shot warfare if they don't. However, they would have a significantly higher rate of fire if they are using breach-loaders. |
07-28-2020, 01:55 PM | #18 | |
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07-28-2020, 02:01 PM | #19 |
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Breachloading long-arms didn't become a big thing anywhere before the Minie ball came along and solved the rifle muzzleloading problem. Did they?
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There were breachloading cannon as early as the 16th century. "There were actually breech loading cannon on board the “Mary Rose” which served the British from 1511 to 1545" https://www.quora.com/What-were-some...oading-cannons Last edited by Tinman; 07-28-2020 at 02:34 PM. |
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