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@TheEdVerse @Sernett @ChrisPerkinsDnD Do firearms such as muskets, blunderbusses etc. exist in the Forgotten Realms? Are they common? #dnd
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Yes; see my Firearms articles in DRAGON # 60 and 70. Gunpowder doesn't work (combust) in the Realms, only smokepowder. Firearms VERY rare.
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Replying to @TheEdVerse @sernett @ChrisPerkinsDnD
What would most pirates use as weaponry? Do they use magic like canons? A well placed fireball should surely sink a ship?

Apr 22, 2017 · 2:56 PM UTC

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Replying to @jvcparry @Sernett @ChrisPerkinsDnD
4/4) . . . right away. Many ships carry sandbags, water cistern to quench deck fires. MOST pirates: crossbow volley, then storm and board.
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Thanks once again for your infinitely deep well of knowledge!
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Replying to @jvcparry @Sernett @ChrisPerkinsDnD
1/3) Bombards use the ground to take their recoil and great weight. Most Realms ships can't handle cannon recoils (wheeled shipboard ...
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Replying to @jvcparry @Sernett @ChrisPerkinsDnD
3/4) ...s and enemy hull), ballistae (volleys of javelins or heavy crossbow bolts) or mangonels hurling "firepots." Fireballs burn NOT sink
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Replying to @jvcparry @sernett @ChrisPerkinsDnD
2/3) . . . carriages not invented yet). Airships can get hurled backwards by cannonfire. So most warships use rams, side-shears (against oar
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