Post #2158844
2026-03-14 16:31 UTC
Now let me tell you about how this "wizard" interacting with these hobbits is a direct violation of the prime directive. We're talking the introduction of gunpowder to a wholly agrarian society.
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@PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-15 00:19
Gunpowder in wholly agrarian societies is *normal*. In fact, the majority of gunpowder's existence has been in agrarian societies! Gunpowder has been in Europe since the ~1400s, but the industrial revolution didn't start until the ~1800s! (You could maybe drop that date back to the 1700s due to waterwheel factories, but then I could drop gunpowder back to the 1100s in China) When the conquistadors invaded Aztecs/Incas in the 1500s, they were shooting guns handmade by blacksmiths with wrought iron from charcoal-powered forges.