Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24108228-20141020170717/@comment-24108228-20141112233750

Hmm. Argumentative levels dropping... People accepting idea... This wont do! We need more controversial suggestions!

One of the issues this suggestion sought to fix was the inability to make a weapon out of explosives. We've gone a long way, and healed many other issues in the process, but we've still failed to allow the canyon tribe to make a weapon without leaving the island (or fending off attackers using a stone spear). That's what this is for.

Obviously, stone doesn't contain an explosion. That's why we use explosions to dig holes in the earth and find minerals. However, for a brief period of time, a well crafted cannon made of stone may be able to contain enough explosive force to launch large rocks at a high velocity. It certainly wouldn't last forever, but neither will your target (and hopefully, the gun will last longer than they do).

The stone hand cannon is crafted as follows: Stone Slab + Small Stone + Handle > Create Tool = Stone Hand-Cannon Masonry 6, Chemistry 1 The masonry level is high because making a gun out of rocks (which is weaker than most gun materials) is very hard. It equals that of a hollow medieval tower, so it's not too high. The chemistry is there because a basic understanding of explosives will be gained through making a tube designed to hold them.

They deal as much damage as an iron Hand-Cannon (the figures of which are yet to be found), and can only have three shots loaded into them. Why the limit? Because after firing three times, the gun is destroyed, and disapears. It wont work for raiding, but it'll fend off a bored guy who made a steel sword and bento armour and wants to burn a defenceless base before they leave the game.