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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday January 31 2021, @06:30PM (3 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Sunday January 31 2021, @06:30PM (#1107278) Homepage Journal

    Yeah, I was going with that you build the shit for a king as a given. I certainly don't wanna be one myself. Or at least that you have a dozen rifles that will shoot 300 yards accurately and folks who can use them before you piss anyone off. Bolt action with a spring-loaded magazine starting out but that'd be plenty to kill or at least route twenty times your numbers.

    Not really worried about medical stuff. Yeah, they had more diseases but bottom tier antibiotics are relatively easy to work up and nothing would have immunity to them yet.

    Oh, shit, I'd be ruined without coffee. I'd have to be hitting Africa pretty much first rattle out of the box. Can't be having with walking around decaffeinated.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Arik on Sunday January 31 2021, @07:46PM (2 children)

    by Arik (4543) on Sunday January 31 2021, @07:46PM (#1107291) Journal
    "Bolt action with a spring-loaded magazine starting out but that'd be plenty to kill or at least route twenty times your numbers."

    OK, but 20*12 is still only 240 you know. Run into just 250 orcs and you're toast. There were hundreds of thousands of the buggers running all over the countryside, remember?

    Plus if you're thinking you can replicate Springfields quickly from a medieval start you're a better smith than I am, by a long shot. I figure I'd be doing well to get flintlocks going. Probably napalm and land-mines would be a better investment of time and resources. Or a 12 volt system for the castle.
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    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday February 01 2021, @05:23AM (1 child)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday February 01 2021, @05:23AM (#1107411) Journal

      Sounds like a helluva title for the introductory story to a new series/universe. I'd like to order my copy now!

      • (Score: 1) by Arik on Monday February 01 2021, @12:13PM

        by Arik (4543) on Monday February 01 2021, @12:13PM (#1107452) Journal
        Heard of Ed Leedskalnin?
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