Jungle

[Clue314]

I shall be CAT-MAN!!!!

[scud47]

Jan 27, 2012 19:25:35 GMT -5 bloberis said:

If we get steampower/advanced tech I call being a gun smith.

You don't need very advanced tech to make guns, just some sort of explosive. Setting aside what is dropped from creepers, all you need to make gunpowder is sulfur (common near volcanoes), charcoal (well, duh), and saltpeter [AKA potassium nitrate, KNO₃] (the production of which had already existed in 1270.)

[bloberis]

The gunpowder is easy, what you need is the gun part.

[scud47]

If we can make doors and cauldrons and bars...

[Umune]

Making gunpowder still isn't as easy as you make it out to be, Scud. The hardest part is getting the right proportions, which requires a lot of trial and error to figure out.
Making guns is really hard; effective guns takes centuries of research. So yes, specialization would be absolutely required.
As for the doors, cauldrons, and bars: those are really simple objects. Hell, all of those are mentioned in the Odyssey (albeit bronze).
From a magical standpoint, why would people invest in a weapon that is grossly inaccurate at all ranges except point blank. The only real advantage of early guns were the terror they inspired. In a world where mages and magic are routinely used in combat, that effect would be diminished.

I can see cannons being added, but I think they would be overshadowed by mages.

[purelamb]

Well if your a non magic user (very rare nowadays) canons might still be cool.

[FlamingDragon96]

I think there's a decorative cannon inside the new wora town fort.

[Zomgman]

I isnt a magic user, i feel underpowered

[bloberis]

I want to be a gunsmith because if we get the mod pack I hope we also get minegunner, which is amazing and the guns in it could actually rival magic.

[Clue314]

If we get guns, iron ships, etc
Then this server may end up being like Arcanum, which in its own right would be awesome, bit still.