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<blockquote data-quote="ArchfiendBobbie" data-source="post: 7733350" data-attributes="member: 6867728"><p>One thing to keep in mind is that gunpowder predates full plate by hundreds of years, and one of the early uses is in rocket launchers. In Europe, pistols and longarms both predate full plate by a minimum of one hundred years, and cannons were a common siege weapon by the time full plate was invented. The French, for example, liked to direct cannon fire at English knights. You can see museum exhibits of full plate armor with holes where cannonballs passed through.</p><p></p><p>If you want other uses beyond rocket launchers and guns, keep in mind the Chinese have records of people using gunpowder to form primitive land mines, sea mines were a traditional Chinese usage of gunpowder, grenades in the form of sacks or metal spheres filled with gunpowder existed for quite some time... Basically, by the time full plate came around so had many elements of modern warfare.</p><p></p><p>So, in a DnD-style world with alchemy, developing gunpowder should be incredibly easy. Even easier to add it to golems and such, incorporating cannons as arms to give them advantages over knights in full plate. Pathfinder, aside from the terrible idea to have firearms hit touch AC and the resulting insane price balancing, treats this rather well and can serve as a basis for developing a magical world that includes some of the technology that led up to the development of full plate.</p><p></p><p>Ironically, this means that the Civilization series gets the order wrong on when gunpowder is developed <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ArchfiendBobbie, post: 7733350, member: 6867728"] One thing to keep in mind is that gunpowder predates full plate by hundreds of years, and one of the early uses is in rocket launchers. In Europe, pistols and longarms both predate full plate by a minimum of one hundred years, and cannons were a common siege weapon by the time full plate was invented. The French, for example, liked to direct cannon fire at English knights. You can see museum exhibits of full plate armor with holes where cannonballs passed through. If you want other uses beyond rocket launchers and guns, keep in mind the Chinese have records of people using gunpowder to form primitive land mines, sea mines were a traditional Chinese usage of gunpowder, grenades in the form of sacks or metal spheres filled with gunpowder existed for quite some time... Basically, by the time full plate came around so had many elements of modern warfare. So, in a DnD-style world with alchemy, developing gunpowder should be incredibly easy. Even easier to add it to golems and such, incorporating cannons as arms to give them advantages over knights in full plate. Pathfinder, aside from the terrible idea to have firearms hit touch AC and the resulting insane price balancing, treats this rather well and can serve as a basis for developing a magical world that includes some of the technology that led up to the development of full plate. Ironically, this means that the Civilization series gets the order wrong on when gunpowder is developed ;) [/QUOTE]
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