Guns in fantasy

Uk or Germoney?

yay. definitely sick of swords. they don't have to be ak-47s, a flintlock is perfectly acceptable. you can make them fancy, too. just google flintlock pretty. they look like fantasy weapons already.

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Mark Twain already did it...

Depends on the setting, but I feel like it makes everything more shitty, because guns are always superior to swords unless you nerf them

They could work better in a hyper-fantasy setting like The Matrix, where people could just dodge or reflect bullets like nothing, but if your fantasy is actual fantasy and not urban shit I would not try it personally

no guns AT ALL

just hearing about guns makes me sick, ever mind reading about them

a device with literally no other purpose but to attack other people? and not just that but something that exists and kills people in the real world and is a real issue?

the mind boggles.

Kek. But swords are ok right?

I like the way Abercrombie used them, or gunpowder, rather. He introduces it as a foil for the transformative nature of the setting. In the first few books, it's basically just used for bombs/siege works. As time goes on there are small advancements, and by the fourth or fifth in the setting, bombards and handgonnes are being tested and developed.

Oh yes, guns are definitely a few step down from fantasy weapons such as the claymore, which has many practical applications, including slicing the crust off sandwiches and opening tightly-sealed plastic packages.

You fucking brain dead moron, piss off back to /pol/

Are you really world-BUILDING if you use the same “Mideval England but with magic and also elves” tropes that a billion other writers have used?

Try something totally unique. If that means trying to write guns in your story, by all means...

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