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<blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 6070670" data-attributes="member: 50895"><p>Chinese rockets and the earliest Chinese guns and cannons are circa 7th century, however, even then it was not implemented in all Chinese fighting forces then, nor even hundreds of years later. Just because some technology exists in the world, doesn't make it universal for the time period.</p><p></p><p>In my Kaidan (Japanese horror) campaign setting for Pathfinder, the <a href="http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/base-classes/gunslinger/archetypes/3rd-party-publishers/rite-publishing---gunslinger-archetypes/teppou-bushi" target="_blank"><strong>Teppou Bushi</strong></a> was included as an available gunslinger archetype, and this is comparable to circa 1470 and the use of the arquebus as the representative of the gun in Japan at the time. However the archetype itself states "muskets" rather than arquebus to try to stick with some consistency with Paizo's firearms rules. When we created <a href="http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/102482?affiliate_id=189426" target="_blank"><strong>Way of the Samurai</strong></a>, I felt an obligation to include some kind of gunslinger to match other peoples ideas for use in a Japan analog. Despite, this I myself don't care for the flavor of guns, so I actually don't use this archetype even while playing my own setting of Kaidan.</p><p></p><p>While not being quite an expert on the history of the gun, I can't really say for sure when improvements to gunpowder was made, however much of the technological difference between an arquebus and a musket was the firing mechanism (matchlock, flint lock, spring lock, etc) and perhaps length of barrel, otherwise the gunpowder itself didn't change much until the later 18th century forward. Thus the differences in various firearms being described in one place are small beyond the gun's firing mechanism. The amount of velocity, calibur of bullet and ranges aren't much different until the powder sees great improvement - and that tends to be after the period included in Pathfinder firearms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gamerprinter, post: 6070670, member: 50895"] Chinese rockets and the earliest Chinese guns and cannons are circa 7th century, however, even then it was not implemented in all Chinese fighting forces then, nor even hundreds of years later. Just because some technology exists in the world, doesn't make it universal for the time period. In my Kaidan (Japanese horror) campaign setting for Pathfinder, the [URL="http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/base-classes/gunslinger/archetypes/3rd-party-publishers/rite-publishing---gunslinger-archetypes/teppou-bushi"][B]Teppou Bushi[/B][/URL] was included as an available gunslinger archetype, and this is comparable to circa 1470 and the use of the arquebus as the representative of the gun in Japan at the time. However the archetype itself states "muskets" rather than arquebus to try to stick with some consistency with Paizo's firearms rules. When we created [URL="http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/102482?affiliate_id=189426"][B]Way of the Samurai[/B][/URL], I felt an obligation to include some kind of gunslinger to match other peoples ideas for use in a Japan analog. Despite, this I myself don't care for the flavor of guns, so I actually don't use this archetype even while playing my own setting of Kaidan. While not being quite an expert on the history of the gun, I can't really say for sure when improvements to gunpowder was made, however much of the technological difference between an arquebus and a musket was the firing mechanism (matchlock, flint lock, spring lock, etc) and perhaps length of barrel, otherwise the gunpowder itself didn't change much until the later 18th century forward. Thus the differences in various firearms being described in one place are small beyond the gun's firing mechanism. The amount of velocity, calibur of bullet and ranges aren't much different until the powder sees great improvement - and that tends to be after the period included in Pathfinder firearms. [/QUOTE]
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