Talk:Warplock Jezzail/@comment-27997791-20191214154902

I'm a bit interested in how the jezzails may work. The fact that they're called "warplock" suggests that some sort of warpstone-based reaction is used to ignite the propellant, same way that a matchlock firearm applies a burning fuse to the flash pan, flintlock firearm uses sparks from flint and wheel-lock use metal-on-metal friction to make sparks, or at leas that's my understanding.

In most depictions, warplock jezzails have a flashpan and a cock(the bit that strikes the pan, get your mind out of the gutter), so they seem to function similarly to a flintlock, so I guess it uses a bit of warpstone instead of filnt to strike warpfire sparks? I get that warpstone-mixed powder is supposed to be better than regular blackpodwer(which is probably why these things can apparently get higher velocity than other firearms), but I don't see what a warpstone-based ignition does that flintlock doesnt.

I guess I would've appreciated if more creativity had gone into this idea, maybe the warpstone could've been used to create a spark of warp-ligntning that is conducted through the chamber like on a electrically primed firearm. That would've removed the need for a flash pan, making reloading easier, since you don't have to add the external powder load.

On another note it also kind of occurs to me that trusting skaven to use projectiles and powder with warpstone in it could be kind of a bad idea. Surely it must be easy for the to nick a warpstone bullet or two per engagement to chew on, without anyone noticing. Or worse, maybe they'd try eating the warpstone powder, especially if they use paper cartridges which you have to bite with your teeth, they may accidentally get a taste for it. Haven't read any of the books or whatnot, so maybe that's already a thing.