Timeline for How can I make guns available, but not swords?
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| Oct 7, 2018 at 8:44 | answer | added | ghosts_in_the_code | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 7, 2018 at 5:16 | answer | added | gluc1441 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 11, 2017 at 5:11 | history | edited | Aify |
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| Jul 20, 2017 at 15:46 | answer | added | Ash | timeline score: 1 | |
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| May 8, 2017 at 16:27 | answer | added | highpriestofpie | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 5, 2017 at 13:55 | comment | added | JohnP | Being able to cut is an essential component of life, even if not used for offense. Someone will figure something out (obsidian, laminated wood ala Feist, etc.) | |
| May 5, 2017 at 3:21 | answer | added | Greenstone Walker | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 4, 2017 at 19:28 | comment | added | user412 | Have you people use giant domesticated Bombardier beetles (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_beetle). They never needed to develop swords since their insect artillery allowed them to incinerate enemies from afar since the beginning of recorded time. | |
| May 4, 2017 at 18:24 | history | protected | user3652621 | ||
| May 4, 2017 at 16:56 | comment | added | Kat | @Criggie if iron is so rare, then how does it end up in blood or vegetables in the first place? It has to come from the environment first. | |
| May 4, 2017 at 15:26 | answer | added | Wenlocke | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 4, 2017 at 14:34 | comment | added | RonJohn | Lead is soft, and has a very low melting point. Wholly unsuited to making guns. Great for ammunition, though. | |
| May 4, 2017 at 14:19 | comment | added | highpriestofpie | @criggie there is a faction in my world that alchemicaly distills iron from the blood of humans, but the process is complex, and long. They are small in number, but they are the only group with a decent amount of iron. | |
| May 4, 2017 at 12:33 | answer | added | Graham | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 4, 2017 at 12:19 | answer | added | Archer | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 4, 2017 at 11:18 | answer | added | AcePL | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 4, 2017 at 9:08 | comment | added | gmatht | For a historical answer, getting guns is easy, strange people come on boats and offer you guns if you put your fingerprint on a piece of paper. | |
| May 4, 2017 at 8:47 | comment | added | Rigop | You should establish a taboo instead of searching for a technologic limitation. Melee weapons is the 0 level of technologie since the flint stone to the pointed toothbrush in prison nowadays. | |
| May 4, 2017 at 6:38 | comment | added | Criggie | @JohnDallman if Iron was rare enough and valuable enough, people would be farming it out of the blood of animals, aliens, or humans. Or spinach/silverbeet. | |
| May 4, 2017 at 6:02 | comment | added | Chloe | Just make them illegal. That always works, right? | |
| May 4, 2017 at 3:09 | answer | added | Richie Frame | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 3, 2017 at 22:28 | comment | added | John Dallman | If iron is incredibly rare, you're going to have to re-invent biochemistry too. Iron is needed for all sorts of enzymes, as well as carrying oxygen. Here's an article about that. Social reasons, probably involving a very controlling government in the past, are going to work better. | |
| May 3, 2017 at 21:28 | answer | added | user22917 | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 3, 2017 at 21:19 | answer | added | Schwern | timeline score: 7 | |
| May 3, 2017 at 20:11 | answer | added | ModelTester | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 3, 2017 at 19:13 | answer | added | Wayne Werner | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 3, 2017 at 18:53 | comment | added | Wayne Werner | plastic | |
| May 3, 2017 at 14:43 | comment | added | Erik | @cybernard the range of old Western guns isn't that high. And even in modern times, melee weapons still exist and are still used. | |
| May 3, 2017 at 13:38 | comment | added | fdomn-m | Along the lines of @Criggie 's comment: In the Dune series they have shields that do the opposite of what you want - stop fast-moving objects (eg bullets) but allow slow-moving. Can you have a shield that does the opposite? (allow fast-moving bullets, but effectively stop all (relatively) slow-moving melee weapons). Doesn't answer the question directly of what guns could be made out of, but might explain the lack of use of simple tree-branch clubs / rocks. | |
| May 3, 2017 at 12:58 | answer | added | Peter | timeline score: 0 | |
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| May 3, 2017 at 10:46 | answer | added | Mark Wood | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 3, 2017 at 9:53 | comment | added | Florian Castellane | I noticed that none of the answers mention any kind of bow. You might want to find a good reason why archery isn't a thing either in your world. | |
| May 3, 2017 at 7:30 | answer | added | Roogantus | timeline score: 7 | |
| May 3, 2017 at 2:49 | comment | added | cybernard | You need to have all your enemies use guns or ranged weapons. No one bring a sword to a gun fight. Nobody will make melee weapons because they are near certain death. They will kill you at 1000 feet, and your melee weapon won't be any use. | |
| May 3, 2017 at 2:01 | comment | added | Criggie | Is it possible to change the physiology of the world's inhabitants? Make their flesh tough and blade-resistant but brittle and vulnerable to high kinetic impacts? You can still have knives/swords, they're just unlikely to do much damage unless the damage is kinetic and not cutting - this would require "less sword" and more "sharpened club" | |
| May 3, 2017 at 1:43 | answer | added | rodrigoL | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 3, 2017 at 0:56 | answer | added | Digletteer | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 3, 2017 at 0:48 | answer | added | StephenG - Help Ukraine | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 2, 2017 at 22:40 | answer | added | Shalvenay | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 2, 2017 at 20:55 | answer | added | Schwern | timeline score: 21 | |
| May 2, 2017 at 20:03 | comment | added | TylerH | Gun barrels are made from steel, and before that, iron. So it looks like you're going to have to find a new explanation. Best bet is to stick to bows, crossbows, and spears+atlatls. | |
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| May 2, 2017 at 18:15 | answer | added | RyanH | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 2, 2017 at 17:48 | answer | added | Ítalo Lessa | timeline score: 3 | |
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| May 2, 2017 at 16:36 | comment | added | Tim B | The existence of guns is mostly enough to make swords obsolete anyway... | |
| May 2, 2017 at 16:25 | answer | added | Chris M. | timeline score: 25 | |
| May 2, 2017 at 16:09 | answer | added | Joe Kissling | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 2, 2017 at 16:03 | answer | added | user25818 | timeline score: 49 | |
| May 2, 2017 at 16:03 | comment | added | Swier | For weapons and armor in a world where metals are rare, have a look at D&D's Dark Sun setting: dfds.wikia.com/wiki/Weapons_%26_Armor | |
| May 2, 2017 at 15:59 | answer | added | CaM | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 2, 2017 at 15:56 | answer | added | Amadeus | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 2, 2017 at 15:49 | answer | added | sphennings | timeline score: 6 | |
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| May 2, 2017 at 15:41 | comment | added | Josh King | I think you are overlooking how the simplest melee weapons i.e. clubs don't need any metal at all. You can also make knives and cutting weapons with sharpened stone. I think you are going to need social reasons rather than technological limitations. | |
| May 2, 2017 at 15:41 | comment | added | Jeff Zeitlin | Any metal that can stand the breech pressure of black powder is going to be good enough to use for swords. | |
| May 2, 2017 at 15:41 | comment | added | Deolater | I'm having trouble imagining a practical firearm design that uses metals that aren't strong enough for swords or knives. If anything, firearms have consistently required better metallurgy than primitive weapons. | |
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