Re: (TFT) Guns in TFT - A big expansion.

[David Bofinger <bofinger.david@gmail.com>]

> My thought is that the second wetting and grinding adds more
> bacteria.  Why would you think it is the other way?

I was thinking the corning creates a solid barrier to subsequent infection.
But OK, there are arguments both ways.

--
David



On 18 June 2016 at 22:08, Rick Smith <rick_ww@lightspeed.ca> wrote:
> Hi David,
>   My comments are inline below:
>
> On 2016-06-18, at 4:46 AM, David Bofinger wrote:
>> ... Technically the good gunner needs mIQ for the fast reload talent...
>>
>> The biggest advantage of guns over arrows is that the guns penetrated
>> armour the arrows couldn't. I'm not sure how long it took for guns to get
>> that good.
>
> The weapons do a decent amount of damage, even at fairly low tech.
>
>>
>> The standard TFT microbes are supposed to be something they have on
>> Cidri. In a game set somewhere else they might not exist. I think your
>> rules should be explicitly agnostic on the subject.
>
> I was not impressed with the Cidri background, and never used it in my
> games.  Thus my rules tend to not mention them.  However, it is trivial
> for a GM to say that gunpowder does not age and go bad if he wants to
> do so.
>
>>
>> Sulfur-free powder does work. Not as well - some of the carbon dioxide
>> gets made into potassium carbonate
>> so there's less gas - but a larger charge of sulfur-free powder ought
>> to work more or less like regular powder.
>> At least, I can't see why it wouldn't. I guess there would be more
>> fouling. Maybe you want to ignore this inconvenient fact.
>
> That is interesting.  Currently (tho not discussed in my rules), G.P.
> weapons must be cleaned regularly to avoid fouling.  It would be an
> interesting trade off to have gunpowder which has less power, and
> fouls guns quicker, but is immune to going bad.  I may have some
> cultures in the slope have some of this long duration G. P. stored
> away in places.
>
>>
>> There's no reason serpentine would be better than corned for resisting
>> the effects of microbes, in fact worse.
>
> I disagree.  My thought is that the second wetting and grinding adds more
> bacteria.  Why would you think it is the other way?
>
>>
>> You've described three levels of gunpowder technology but there are
>> others and some people might like to play with Napoleonic
>> technology, or even the Minie balls of the American Civil War.
>
> True enough.  I've run modern day TFT vs Zombies.  Another time (or if
> I decide to run a campaign in those settings.)
>>
>> ...
>>
>> A lot of the weapons seem more relevant to large-scale battles against
>> mass formations than adventuring.
>>
>> --
>> David
>
> Yes, lots of cannon, carranades, wall guns, swivel guns, and a few field
> pieces.  A major goal was to allow a pirates campaign so we now have
> suitable artillery.
>
> Warm regards, Rick.
>
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