World's Oldest Revolver (1597) - eviltoast
  • drailin@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    So in my DND campaign setting, I had planned on black powder being a pretty recent discovery, called flashsand by the country who discovered it. One of my players wanted to be a gunslinger, so we worked out that he would have the first gun, built by his father who had to hide from the military to keep it out of the wrong hands. He wanted a revolver and to be a proto-desperado type, and I frankly didn’t want to litigate logistics with a first-time player. I had been having a tough time squaring the circle between “first gun” and “revolver” but this is a perfect middleground!

    • FireTower@lemmy.worldOPM
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      10 months ago

      Glad to help! Technological adoption is never instant.

      Today we’ve had jet packs, flying cars, and rocket pistols for years. In the case of the latter over a century even. But that doesn’t mean every Tom, Dick, and Harry flys to work.

      But if you’ve got the cash or know how maybe you can.