Muskets and Magic
So, I thought I was writing Sword and Sorcery, but then I realised that the civilisation I was going to write about was more advanced than that. Muskets and cannons exist and are a major part of...
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My current story actually has a reference to gunpowder being suppressed by a wizarding order specifically to prevent this from happening-it helped that it was wizards who discovered gunpowder....
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I've not written it, but it sounds kinda like Pirates of the Carribean, but with more magic. Outside of that, I've not heard of anything else that's similar. Personally, I think it'd make a great...
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Ooh, that sounds interesting, getting more into the argument between magic and technology. In my world that's sort of a backdrop thing, it affects the political climate but doesn't come into the main...
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I hadn't thought about PotC like that before. But I suppose it is. Huh. The magic in that always seems less fantasy to me, though I have no idea why. It shouldn't, because the characters don't act like...
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Yes, it's similar to what I have in a lot of ways, although they "use" magic instead of gunpowder, but the principle is the same. It's medieval in a lot of ways. Their governmental structures haven't...
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That sounds like a wonderfully fresh setting. Quasi-medieval psuedo-Europe is the natural homeland of fantasy, but everyone needs to leave home from time to time and experience new things -- even if...
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Aren't there muskets in some of the D&D settings? I specifically remember reading (and somewhat disliking) a TSR book in High School or College set in a Forgotten Realms version of the...
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well, cavalry was around as late as World War 1, although 20th-century weapons made it useless. Muskets were overtaken by rifles in the early 19th century. Printing presses were widely used by the 17th...
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Mid-seventeenth century. Post Civil War, Interregnum. So, a bit earlier than the series you're talking about. All weapons are smooth-barrelled and the bayonet hasn't come into use yet (though I might...
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Yes, Temeraire is the series I was referring to with dragons... I just forgot the name. Sounds like you've done some homework on historic warfare, so congrats. Although muskets must be pretty new if...
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Reminds me of the game Dishonored a bit, but with less whale oil.
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I think modern people have this tendancy to overestimate the impact of early firearms and underestimate the power of bows. It took centuries of development for firearms to become more effective than...
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I'm writing a couple of different fantasy worlds where firearms exist (one sort of equivalent to 1830's, one more 1870s wild west). There's printing presses and other stuff too. I like the idea of more...
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Also, question--why don't mages use muskets? And why are muskets so much better than magic? And why are they easier to get ahold of than swords, spears, slings, etc.?
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[quote=keolah] Why does no one advance the knowledge of magic? Why is it magic is so often depicted as being static with nothing new ever being learned about it, rather than it being capable of...
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Muskets & Magic (also known as Gunpowder Fantasy and Flintlock Fantasy) is a sub-genre that has been gaining a lot of traction recently. It covers everything from early wheellock muskets to late...
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I am writing this. It's growing in popularity too, Chris Evans wrote the Iron Elves years ago, WoW kind of has it with gunpowder being used by dwarves, Promise of Blood coming out soon has it as well....
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Yeah, I was actually asking whether anyone here was doing the same thing. I may have phrased it badly in my post. I've been looking up the genre for almost a week now. I just wanted to find people with...
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Mages can pretty much do one spell at a time because of the effort involved in casting. I'm thinking that they could ignite gunpowder grenades, or cause some sort of chain reaction, and maybe a mage...
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