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[This is a youth who has communicated over the network a handful of times; sometimes through writing, sometimes through audio, and even a couple of times through video. But, always without an account, and only once saying his name in the open.

But there are things one can glean from his voice even without digging and listening for anything that sounds like him. He sounds like a young boy — not overly young, but somewhere on the cusp of adolescence, only just starting to get that tinge of masculine tone, not having yet broken into the deeper notes of adulthood.

He also has a distinctively English accent. Received Pronunciation, in fact.]

I've been contemplating something for a little while now.

While there are weapon shops in Camelot, their range of wares is... shall we say, limited.

One sword, or knife, or whatever your choice of weapon isn't necessarily equal to another of its type in every given situation, especially when the supernatural is involved. Certain metals work better against certain enemies... at least as far as my experience goes.

It would also be nice if we could find a way to create a magic incendiary and put it in a bottle or something of the like for those of us who aren't able to wield fire magic on our own, as it happens to be the only known weakness of the Bear Firs in the Brocéliande. That may be tricky, though, since the Brocéliande can interfere and interact with magic in odd ways. But I imagine it would be a useful thing to have if the same creatures end up present in the Dusklight Woods, or any other area, really.

That being said, would anyone care to work together on weapon design and development?

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[Mukuro is very, very excited to see this message - she always was a military nerd - so couldn't resist slipping into her anon persona to reply. After all, there was no way she could work out how to reply to this as her Fashionista persona. She'd been caught out the last time that happened!]

Agreed. One must use a range of different weapons for different combat engagements depending on the enemy and terrain, amongst other tactical considerations.

For the Bear Firs, you're thinking of something like a rudimentary magical grenade or Molotov cocktail right?

I've been intrigued by the options of magical ammunition as well- the traders can upgrade firearms to run on magic but I've not been able to test this yet, or establish how different forms of magic affect the calibre, rate of fire, etc. of the resulting bullets.

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[Well, now this is a subject Hawk can get behind. Never hurts to consider the most effective ways to kill shit and he doesn't even care if people know he enjoys killing shit.]

Is it doable to put an effect into an item here? Seems like a better idea to have a lasting effect that could be put on or removed as needed.

Fancy meeting you again.

Yes, something like a Molotov. Something in the style of the SIP grenade would work even better if it didn't have the same issues regarding stability and storage. Having an incendiary that can ignite on contact with air would be grand, but we also don't need people to be accidentally setting themselves on fire.

[Even without tone being easily translatable through text, it's probably easy enough to tell that he would expect that to happen on a somewhat regular basis if the aforementioned issues remained.]

Ammunition is a tricky thing. While I presume the magic would accommodate to the calibre of weapon involved, that doesn't mean it would compress to the same density as a standard bullet. Muzzle velocity and accuracy at range could be impacted and would need to be tested for. There's also the matter of bullet shaping. I would be curious to know if firearms running on magic would be able to replicate the effects of different bullet types.

[Would they all work like a basic lead or full metal jacket bullet, for example? Or could the magic be tailored to create hollow-point bullets, too? Would light magic inherently produce tracer rounds? Would fire elemental magic produce incendiary rounds?

It would be interesting to find out.]

I can say with certainty that it can, at least as far as dark magic is concerned. I saw a young woman put your theory into practice some time back.

[He doesn't mention Claire by name, but he can't help but be a little proud of her in this moment.]

However, it was her magic, and it was applied to her ammunition shortly before use. I do not know how long such an effect would last, or if or how well it would work with the other forms of magic accessible to us.

Nevertheless, it is an idea worth pursuing.

Another idea could be to find a material with the properties of fire and use that. That's how the craftsmen back home did it without magic. I got elemental magic though, so I could try the first idea. Monsters don't exactly bother me.

We do have blacksmiths in town that could probably help with variety. Especially if you provide them with plans and materials.

I can see if the one I work for would do custom weapons.

Making non-magic fire is easy.

[Though he doesn't have the transmission set to video, there's an audible metallic click as he opens up his lighter, followed by the scraping of the flint wheel, and not a second after, the sound of a flame leaping into existence.]

The question is whether it will remain useful in the application I mentioned. I was specifically told that magic fire was what would do the trick against the Bear Firs when I asked around about it.

[There is, of course, one way to find out. But he isn't in the habit of hunting things down to slaughter them when they haven't caused trouble.

He flips the lighter closed with a solid clap.]

I would, however, be glad to know of the results you achieve with imbuing your magic into items. Please do keep us informed.

[Good thing he's asking this stuff since new monsters and all. Not that he minds learning the hard way, it's a rush to beat death either way.]

So pretty much sounds like we either create something that imbues with magic fire or we put the magic in directly. Might be worth asking someone with alchemy if they have an idea. Alchemy did some very interesting things back home. I'll give it a go with elemental magic for now.

That would be most appreciated. The ideas I have in mind may ultimately require the effort of smiths within multiple metalworking disciplines, but the core strength of any finished product will be dependent upon the skill of the blacksmith involved in its creation.

I do know one alchemist. But I thought it best to see who all was interested, first.

[As for the alchemist he knows, he'll bring it up with the man later if he doesn't see a response from him.]

I do blacksmithing work, and I'm twice as interested in design besides. It seems like a practical solution to a sorely needed niche, if you ask me.

We'll have to do some trial and error on what metals are best for certain purposes, but it seems doable.

Can't hurt to try a few ideas. I'd be up for testing any prototypes out.

Research first, and then trial and error, as you say, as far as which metals will be needed.

The first step is to figure out what all we may be facing as potential foes and what their weaknesses are, ascertain which of the information has actually been verified and which is rumour, and then start work on designs and prototypes.

Trials will help us verify or refute rumoured knowledge and put new ideas to the test. I personally recommend documenting the failures as well as the successes, as information on what doesn't work is useful, too.

What metals are you used to working with as a blacksmith?

I wouldn't mind putting a few through their paces myself.

Is there a way you prefer to be contacted?

I guess contacting me over this will work. I just arrived recently and don't have a place of my own yet. [And is totally camping in a tent because screw sharing with strangers.]

One last question, with these Bear Firs, by weakness does that mean that is the only way to hurt them or just the most effective?

Unfortunately I don't have a concrete answer to that. They are fae in the form of animal topiaries. Plants, but more mobile. It may be possible to damage them with something other than fire magic, but I am unsure how quickly they can recover from that damage.

[Plants can take a lot of damage as it is.]

Hey there, new here, but what you're describing is honestly pretty familiar to me. And weapon development is something I actually have a pretty decent amount of experience with!

Back on my world, Remnant, we have this stuff called "Dust." Each type corresponds to different elements, and it gets used in a variety of ways, and is able to be put into different sorts of containment. Such as, for instance, Fire Dust can be put into a cartridge or bullet and then you can use that use that in combat. Use it for combustion, or light something on fire. If you used Ice Dust, you could freeze a smaller enemy, or body parts of another. There's a lot of different ways to implement it into weapons or combat styles.

I landed her with a few magazines of Dust bullets for my weapon - which, not to brag [This time!] I made myself. I've got to be careful with how many I use until I figure out a way to replenish it, buuuuuut...

If you want an example, a Dust bullet is kind of like just what you're describing with cramming magic into something to then use it.

[And that description is appreciated as well so he knows what to look for. Though now Hawk is wondering if there is some collection of information about the various creatures here since that also could be useful. He might love fighting itself and act recklessly, but he does like knowing as much as he can about the enemy to develop a suitable strategy to increase survival chances.]

Also sounds like something to check out. Guessin' there's no collection of info on the dangerous creatures?

You can find information here and there, but I have yet to find a comprehensive archive that is easily accessible.

[He sighs.]

Another thing to work on...

Figures. One would think with these fancy light up tablet things that it would have already been done. Oh well, at least that would be fun to gather information for.

[Interesting. Very interesting.]

Do you mix the Dust in with the propellant, or insert it into the cavity of a hollow-point round?

[With a name like 'dust' it sounds like it might be something like a powder, or at least a fine granule.]

We might be able to adapt the technique if infusing substances with elemental magic bears fruit.

Dust isn't exactly what I'd call a STABLE material, so using it as a propellent is possible but pretty dicey. You wanna be hitting things WITH it, but not be HITTING it, if that makes sense.

[Sudden flashbacks to her first meeting with Weiss Schnee and managing to blow up some of it right in their faces, right there.]

But yeah, that's what I was thinking. I could spare a bullet if like, you wanted to take a look at it for reference. It might not be QUITE the same, but maybe it's similar enough.

Taking all the fun parts for yourself, I see. I'll try not to get jealous.

[He'll be fine. He likes this sort of stuff. It's all fun to him.]

[Well, Hawk can't resist the chance for some snark.]

That's just the way I am. A greedy fun stealer.

I'd like that. Perhaps we could record the examination of it for future reference?

[So that others involved in the project can review it to gain an understanding of the concept before they start working on live ammunition.]

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A pity the potion-brewing rules specify that created potions can't overlap with in-game magics

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A pity, but maybe transmutation could work

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Either way, it will give people things to write about!

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