Originally Posted by
Hapuga
cannons and howitzers came to Europe around 13 century. Around the same time first primitive hand firearms appeared. Simple metal tubes with one soldered end. I remember me and my friend made such guns by our selves. we only needed a solid copper tube, filled it with self made powder (cement, sand, siter, sulfur, niter and coal) loaded a bolt or a thick nail and light up through a small hole on the end. Devastating. And we were like 13-15 years old. I'm not talking about rifles. I'm talking about smooth-bore long guns. They were primitive yet pretty powerful.
Powder-powering projectile, or a firework, was also developed thousand years ago. The only problem was to learn to control its movement. We have magic, don't we? So we can control its movement with magic. How about magic bazookas?
Why ignoring a centry trap? You want a detailed analysis, lets have it detailed. Evil cannon looks much like short-barreled cannons that were stationary on the gunships. Now if you read history, you'll find that first gunships that used this kind of cannons were 15-16 century one-deck frigates, having up to 22 weapons on board. Now, the Good cannon is an assault cannon with longer barrel, these middle-range cannons were used up to 19 century (eg Napoleon wars).
"Also it would be nigh impossible to give guns a fantasy/magical element."
Why? Argumentations, please.
"It runs on forces not fully understood. Same as the Lightning Traps, gas traps and whatever else have you. "
I can tell you the same thing you told me. Open your mind. stop perceiving guns as a modern thing. Guns were long before that.
A pistol with frost bullets? why not? =)