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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andor" data-source="post: 1867332" data-attributes="member: 1879">One more lockThanks to Relic for his writeup of ignition systems. He saved me a lot of typing.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />  However it should be pointed out that in any game world that uses standard item creation another sort would be developed almost instantly with the advent of guns. The magelock. In other words a gun fired by use of a spark cantrip. If this cantrip can light a wood fire it can most certainly ignite black powder. This has several advantages over any mundane system short of a brass cartidge. The principle advantage lies in a sealed breach. This vastly improves the reliability of the firearm and reduces it's vulnerability to water and damp, especially over early touchpoint and matchlock guns. In fact the existance of such a clearly superior system might forestall the development of more sophisticated mundane systems. Also you would reduce reloading time dramatically since you eliminate the need to Adjust the wick (matchlock)/ wind the spring (wheellock)/ prime the pan (flintlock)/ Replace the cap (percussioncap). With a paper cartridge a magelock should load at least as fast as a crossbow. The downside of course is cost. An unlimited use cantrip wondrous item, whether shaped like a gun breach or a zippo is 1000gp. This triples the cost of the musket per dmg rules. Making it a keyword item saves 100gp. If a kingdom could use staff mages to produce them at cost a keyword magelock musket costs a little less than twice what a normal musket does and has some advantages over a normal musket in addition to reliable performace in the rain.For example consider if each musket has a serial number and the keywords are kept in a book by serial number. Then if each keyword is known only to the soldier the musket is issued to captured muskets cannot be used against the kingdom unless the book is captured or at least until a mage can identify each one. Probably line troops would be issued matchlocks and magelocks would be in the control of nobles, adventurers and elite troops.-Andor</blockquote>

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