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thanks but it's actually an arming garment with mail voiders sewn on
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It's called a western pasqueflower
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Don't wanna draw today. Here's the best hiking photo I've ever taken
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A half-elf mercenary from North Valeria, a region which borders the Imperial Duchy of Soderlingen.

"Real" elves don't actually exist on this continent (if at all), so any elf-looking person is technically more human than elf at this point in history
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Depends where you're from.

Handgonne, Tiller Gun, Hand Cannon, Pistole, Pelotgonne
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it doesn't have a lot of power even with the modern black powder I was using.

If there was a world in which there was a 100% guaranteed chance that it would hit my breastplate and nothing else, I think I would be confident standing downrange and getting shot by it.
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So at this point, ca. 1400, I'd say no
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"There is scientific evidence that at some point in the fifteenth century gunners started using corned gunpowder-"

From Gunpowder Technology in the Fifteenth Century
Axel E. W. Müller
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I think if you're important you're not using one of these.
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I reckon making the powder was difficult, but it's very easy to load.
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From what I know, these are typically employed in fixed positions such as castles or in sieges. You wouldn't really see them that often, if at all, on an open battlefield
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European .75 calibre hand cannon, ca. 1400 AD
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But you can check out SPES MedievalMarket for ideas