Talk:Kunoichi/@comment-25405125-20150127131442/@comment-26097222-20150214195944

The tech level implied for the MGE world in various places is about that of the American Civil War AT MOST. Repeating firearms that use black powder are cutting edge, and most people still use muzzle-loading percussion cap rifles. Modern gun powder has not been invented yet and sticks of dynamite are a high tech explosive. People use horses and carriages to get around farther than they can walk, and use steam-driven trains and ships for long distance travel. All of that is in the most developed country on the planet, mind you. Zipangu is, at best, about a hundred years behind that. Most monster nations are at least 100 years behind Zipangu, often more. You might see a smoothbore flintlock muzzle-loading musket used by a Kunoichi, but even the best gunsmiths on the planet will need about another 100 years to even THINK about the technology in an AK-47.