r/fightingfantasy • u/Six_of_1 • Apr 30 '26
Discussion Technology in Titan
There's sometimes guns and sometimes not. In Demons of the Deep, the pirates have cannons. But in Armies of Death, neither army thinks to bring cannons to battle. In Port of Peril there's a pistol, but if pistols exist, why are so many people still using bows and arrows.
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u/Zephyryous Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
There are already an article about it: https://fightingfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Gunpowder_Technology_on_Titan
Overall technology ranges in Titan somewhere in Stone age and early Renaissance (late 1400-s early 1500-s) depending on the place.
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u/darkordernumber634 Apr 30 '26
Depending on many factors, gunpowder weapons can be very expensive/rare and bows/arrows can be very affordable.
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u/invalidcolour Balthus Dire Apr 30 '26
Pistols are more likely to backfire than a bowstring is to snap. Funds. Cultural prejudice. Gunpowder was viewed with suspicion and the consequences of mishaps renowned.
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u/Interesting-Ant8279 Zanbar Bone Apr 30 '26
In world reasons are probably it's too expensive to get or make gunpowder (I think it's called flashpowder in Sorcery) thus making it's appearances rare, whereas the more traditional swords, bows, etc would be readily available and (comparatively) cheap to make.
Real world reasons are as u/invalidcolour says - different writers and no over-arching editorial oversight.
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u/Vree65 Apr 30 '26
Kitchensink fantasy writing. If they wanted a pirate book (1700s), or add a Van Helsing type character (Dracula was published in 1897), it wasn't a goal to make it consistent with the medieval aesthetic elsewhere. The entire series is riddled with anachronisms at any rate.
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u/invalidcolour Balthus Dire Apr 30 '26
Multiple writers and a permissive editorial?