19 June 2023

Although

The two firearms listed in Warhammer are a pistol and a blunderbuss.

The illustrations and presence of fencing weapons makes me think that it's TL4 from 1550 to 1650 for tech.

Blunderbusses don't happen until flintlocks become available, and that doesn't really happen until the late 17th century and the blunderbuss wasn't a separate gun until the 18th century...

A fantasy setting that doesn't adhere to history?  What's next, elves?  Oh... right!

I'm going to pick 1650 for my benchmark technology date.  It feels right.

Technomad, chime in if you think otherwise!

This date allows for the fusil de chasse which is a lot lighter and handier than a Elizabethan musket; 6.5 lb. vs 21 lb and a rest!

It does a lot less damage, 2d+2 pi+ but at about the same sucky ranges.  DR 9 is actually proof against its average hit too!

The more martial fusil ordinaire is larger caliber and does 3d pi++.  DR 11 is needed to stop the average hit, but that's a lot more attainable than DR 16!

Update:

Heavy plate corselet with full Lighten and 2 castings of Fortify: DR 11, $23,000, 16 lb.

Heavy plate duplex and fluted with full Lighten and 1 casing of Fortify: DR 11, $68,525, 12.8 lb.

Medium plate with full Lighten and 5 castings of Fortify: DR 11, $150,200, 10 lb.

Medium plate duplex and fluted with full Lighten and 4 castings of Fortify: DR 11, $97,700, 8 lb.

Posted by Angus McThag at 21:13
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2 comments:

  1. Technomad20 June, 2023 10:53

    Sounds about right. You'd have had wheel locks, early kinds of flintlock, and matchlocks available. In a world where dwarfs are, I'd expect wheel locks to be more common---building those fiddly things would be right straight up their alley. "Only MANLINGS would use flintlocks! And matchlocks---those are for GREENSKINS! *SNEER!*"

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    1. Angus McThag20 June, 2023 12:29

      Wheel-locks, historically, are rich-man's guns. Martial went from match to flint directly... Then like five distinct lock-styles for flint until everyone settled on the "true" flint-lock. There's snaphance, dog-lock, miquelet... etc.

      I'd have to read more about the WH Dwarf before I declared them to embrace an over-complex dead-end system like a wheel-lock over flint.

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