[C/R] Hand Grenade

[Saber]

--Research--

Researcher: Saber
Number of Posts: 15
New Recipes:

Grenade Shell
Material Fee: 10 Gold
Posts Required: 1
Requirement: Level 10 Blacksmith
Description: Created by the Funeral Parlor. A circular object that has a small hole at the top with a hollow core. Its shell is hard enough to contain the mechanisms of the grenade itself, but thin enough to be used as shrapnel for when the object explodes. The shell is also small enough to be attached to the body of the player or held in a small pouch for quick use. This shell does not contain any of the actual mechanisms required of the grenade.

Fuse
Material Fee: 10 Gold
Posts Required: 1
Requirement: Level 2 Blacksmith / Tailor / Woodcrafter
Description: Created by the Funeral Parlor. An extremely short length of rope fibers twisted together in such a way that causes the object to burn for a certain amount of time. Longer fibers mean more time; one inch is 2.5 seconds of burn time. However, the makeup of ropes makes the burn-time unreliable. To create consistency, it is suggested that a crafter dries out the fuses before use.

Hand Grenade
Material Fee: 1 Grenade Shell, 1 Fuse, 1/4 Pound of Black Dust
Posts Required: 4
Requirement: Level 75 Blacksmith
Description: An object of destruction, that is what this is. Created by the Funeral Parlor, this weaponized form of hand-held magic is a virtual form of the real life grenade. It is just slightly bigger than the average palm and nestles comfortably into one's grip. It operates using a two-pin safety system and houses enough Black Dust to blast the shell into hundreds of small pieces of shrapnel. To activate the grenade, one must first release the safety pin, which keeps the main lever from accidentally being pulled. Then, the user yanks on the main lever. Inside, two pieces of flint light the fuse. Said fuse burns for five to six seconds before lighting the explosive powder within. Due to the tight space and compression, the Black Dust erupts and explodes. This weapon of doom causes fire damage, can cause bleed effects, and may potentially stun the opponent if they are extremely close to the blast. But beware, once the lever is pulled; the grenade is no longer your friend.

Explanation:

Magic. It is something that exists in the world of Elder Tale. This magic is the power over the elements as well as life itself. Mages can control fire, water, and can heal disease and regenerate someone's energy. However, not everyone can hold this power. This power also did not exist in the real world, forcing humans to create their own forms of magic. The Hand Grenade is the binding of magic with the physical world, it is a new form of "magic"; it is a weapon of destruction. This weapon was created out of simple materials that were made accessible, and Saber was the one who had done so. The first step was mastering metal work. The second was becoming in tune with the world and learning how it worked. The third was creating a material which could either burn or explode. The Hand Grenade is simply the final step; weaponizing it all.

The Hand Grenade is an item which has been crafted out of already readily available tools and materials. Metal, Rope or String, and Black Dust. The shell of the Grenade is simple metal work that any Blacksmith can do after a bit of practice. The Fuse is simply a piece of fiber. The Black Dust is the material which Saber created and one of its abilities just happens to be blowing up when compressed and hit with a flame.

Levels have been set accordingly. Low levels should not be able to create Hand Grenades, but are able to use them hence why there is no level set. The only difference in damage is set by the closeness of the grenade to the target, how much black powder is put into the shell, and how thick the shell is. The thicker the shell, the heavier the shrapnel. The more Dust, the stronger the boom.

Items Crafted:

Grenade Shell: x10 / 100 Gold

Fuse: x10 / 100 Gold

Hand Grenade: x10 / -10 Grenade Shell, -10 Fuse, -2 1/2 Pounds of Black Dust [If Black Dust is not found in profile, refer to this.]

Mana Fragments: x20

[Neko Hiro]

I do not, by any means, wish to hold this up. I'm actually perfectly fine with this idea, but I just wanted to ask a few things real quick. First thing is: wouldn't this be more fitting for an Alchemist to make, if it's using some kind of magic for the explosive to, well, explode? I can understand Blacksmithing for making the shell, as well as the fuse (with that being for other classes, too) but in order for it to explode with magic, it would probably need some kind of Alchemical influence in it, too. Granted, I know you've maxed out Alchemist, too, so I was just asking about that. I fully intend to approve this, just wanted some clarification.

Alternatively, one could forget the aspect of magic, and just say it's a physical explosion instead. Again, I see your point when it comes to this, but I wanted to just offer a few questions, so I can understand this even better before giving you some handheld explosives to throw at people. XD I really hope that this isn't a problem for you.

[Saber]

The reason I put down Blacksmith instead of Alchemist is because there isn't any "magic" involved. Everything is physical, kinetic if you would.

The user pulls the pin. Pulling the pin causes the flint stones to sharply rub together and causes a spark. The spark lights the fuse. The fuse ignites the Black Dust. alaBoom. I thought about it as well and almost put down Alchemist, but for the actual grenade, it's all kinetic. The Alchemy portion comes in when you make the Black Dust, which requires Alchemist to make.

[Neko Hiro]

Ahhhh, okay, I gotcha now. Thanks for taking the time to clarify for me. o7

Approved. Items have been crafted, gold has been changed, and the item recipes have been added to the Crafting List.