Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24108228-20141020170717/@comment-24108228-20141109000934

Johny220 wrote: I think the only way to balance handcannons out, which would more than likely be better/equivalent to yewbeam and/or crossbows, is to make it require a very expensive resource.

Gunpowder is quite hard to make, so having each ball(handcannon) ammo require it would definitely help. It would always make you think "Is shooting this guy really worth an iron, 4 coal and sulphur?"

Ammo: Refined Iron + Gunpowder

Handcannon: Handle + Refined Iron + Refined Iron + Gunpowder+ Fuse? Is that not the arquebus in a nutshell, albeit with a cheaper recipe?