Shattered Kingdoms

This.



And this.

That said, I don't really want to rush into the idea of firearms in SK. I'd like to see boats first please.

I do believable the mobile pirate ship in game has a work-able Cannon. So with that said, making a small version of a cannon can't be that complicated, especially considering the alloys and metals found in the SK realm. Imagine the kind of weapons we'd have today if we had adamantium, indestructible barrels, allowing the explosive force used to fire a projectile to go to infinite levels, granted once one figures how to counter the recoil from such force would come to a more finite level.

So is it really hard to imagine having an old school flint lock?

Also how the hell does one come up with Steam Punk when a fire arm is mentioned? People really need to research their arguments a little before looking stupid.

I haven't spent much time on that pirate ship area to know about a working cannon. I just know the game has fireworks and it's a real short step from fireworks to cannons. It's an even shorter step from cannons to hand-held cannons (i.e., flintlocks).

Combine magic and materials with the science of explosive powders and projectiles, and SK has an environmental breeding ground for some extremely devastating firepower.

Actually, this would be an interesting addition and likely an even shorter step from fireworks. Add a tool called Grenado. Has to be lit, but afterwards can be used on a target. The target and all members of a formation directly adjacent to the target take a burst of damage. If held while lit for X amount of time, it explodes in the user's hand, dealing the same damage to the user and all adjacent members of his formation.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that it should probably be restricted to swash class. At least it would give them something to do from second/third rank aside from sit there and be useless.

I don't see how swashies taunt skill being tweaked will actually help. I say this because the same problem remains. They are sub-par to mercs and barbs in 1v1. With that being the case, isn't the usual response to a swashie being in a group is everyone focus on the swashie, and therefore squishing them???

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-casually strokes her carefully typed suggestions-

It seems some are afraid of change.
Given the positive arguments, is the suggestions here really that big an issue?

The cannon are not canon and shouldn't be there. Sometimes things get built in an area that shouldn't actually work on SK. Non-magical exploding powder is outside the laws of magical physics that apply to Pyrathia. I am okay with the fireworks, as long as their description makes clear they are magical in nature. Think of Gandalf's magical fireworks at Bilbo's birthday party.

And to make sure the point gets across for this particular thread, you will never see guns on SK, much less swashbucklers that specialize in them. When only magicians can make things explode, there is neither economic nor personal incentive for them to create things that marginalize or threaten them, particularly when they can "obviously" cast spells that are much more effective in combat than some jumped up sparklers.

wut?

Pretty sure it boils down to NO U with a bunch of exclamation marks.

EDIT: Actually, it's probably more accurately paraphrased as:

I am not against swashies, just guns. When swashies get upgraded, it will be utilizing the fencing/dueling sword-based theme that is already part of the class. Flamboyant moves that do not involve gunpowder may be considered.