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Old 10-29-2009, 11:18 PM   #16
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Default Re: Emerging smokepowder weapons in my fantasy

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Originally Posted by Crakkerjakk View Post
Would alchemical powder be easily detectable? Might be handy as an assassination tool if not.
Well, it radiates faint magic, which rules out carrying it into the sanctums of most powerful religious or temporal leaders, but it's not otherwise conspicious.

If someone could build a small and powerful pistol, that would be a quite handy assassination tool, of course. But as the lock-types are currently limited to matchlocks, pistols aren't very feasible.

There's nothing stopping craftsmen from building wheellocks, of course, since the necessary clockwork technology is available. It's just a matter of time before someone introduces a blacksmith familiar with the new technology to a clocksmith fond of experimentation.
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