• HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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    “Gunslinger” is largely going to be after 1865, after the US Civil War. Revolvers as we know them in the old west only existed after the 1850s. The first revolvers that you would call a revolver would be about 1835. So you don’t really have the overlap for French privateer, unless it’s a former privateer.

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      1 month ago

      …i think that’s why it says elderly french pirate: he was formidable in his youth, but that was four decades ago…

      (revolvers may rule the day but a well-timed flintlock will still f*ck you up)

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      1 month ago

      Some people may read

      elderly french pirate

      And draw their conclusions

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        Elderly would be an understatement. Assuming that they were 20 when piracy ended, you’re looking at a minimum of 58 for the start of the Meiji restoration, which is very old to be in an adventuring party, esp. if everyone else is in their 20s and 30s.