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Stabba Bombz

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Zongot determines the ideal alloy to use for his bombs

 

       A goblin runs through the streets of San'Raakh. Zongot's mind was alive with ideas and goals. He had been working tirelessly on dynamite and gunpowder, and had had a realization. When you throw a knife or an axe, or anything sharp, it can do considerable damage depending on how fast it is moving. Say something explodes, however, it sends everything near it flying off at high speeds in a multi-directional stream. He concluded he would design a bomb which would throw sharp objects and debris at high speeds all around.

The Design Phase

 

 

         Zongot got to work planning his invention. He knew he needed a few things for this to work:

Some kind of cannister to hold the gunpowder

The Cannister needed to be made out of fracturable, but still durable, metal

He needed gunpowder

He needed a way to light it (preferably a fuse)

 

         Of course, there were things Zongot probably didn't need that he wanted anyway.

Spikes to make it 'Ztabbiuh'

As much gunpowder as possible

 

        Zongot then went on the theorize the shape and size of the bomb. He knew it needed to be small enough to fit in his palm and be thrown, but large enough to be packed to the brim with explosives. He decided on a 8 inch diameter sphere. He also concluded that, in order to be light enough to be thrown, he would fill it 3/4ths of the way with gunpowder. This would result in a large amount of gun powder, and a relatively small bomb. One would be surprised what a 6 inch tall stack of gunpowder could do, he told himself. The next step would be gathering all of these materials, and beginning the painstaking process of smithing them with his poor smithing skills.

 

 

Gathering Materials

Gunpowder

 

        Zongot had been working on gunpowder that day, so this would be relatively easy. He walked down into his tinkering shop to fetch some gunpowder, haphazardly placing it in a large sack (not the best place for gunpowder, considering the static electricity). Luckily, Zongot DIDN'T explode (yet). He heaved the sack over his shoulder, walking off toward the forge to begin the next step.

 

Metal

       This part would have been relatively easy if Zongot knew anything about smithing, and knew which metal to use. Because of this, Zongot made his way to the library and began to read up on various types of metal. He concluded that he would attempt to create the bomb with three different materials:

Steel

Cast Iron

Iron.

 

       Knowing Steel was durable, Iron was breakable, and Cast Iron could be both, he decided it'd be best to use them in descending order of how durable they were. He made his way over to the forge in the city, setting himself up over there.

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         The first step was steel. The Goblin began to mix the alloy haphazardly, nearly dropping his tools into the muck. After that, he began shaping the steel into a ball as best he could, making sure it was more of a hollow shell than a ball. After many attempts, failures, smashed fingers, and lost tools, the goblin managed to form a tidy little steel shell. He turned around, staying inside the forge, and attempted to pour some gunpowder inside from the bag. Meanwhile, an ember danced off the forge and landed in the gunpowder. An ear splitting explosion could be heard across the city, followed by a terrified scream. The goblin was sent flying across the room, wounded and barely conscious. His gaze slowly met the shell, hoping to see it in pieces and perhaps use it as the next bomb. It was not in pieces, and most of the chunks of it that had been blown off stayed relatively near. The next step would be cast iron, after the Goblin recovered.

 

         Zongot got back to work in the forge, this time carefully selecting his materials so that he might forge some cast iron. In a similar process to the steel, he mixed the alloy and then shaped it into a shell. Its surface was black and brittle, just what he had wanted. For good measure, the goblin grabbed some hammers and nails and a few spike-like objects left over from other blacksmiths using the forge. He hammered them into the shell with only minimal swearing and smashed fingers. Now that that was done, he stepped away from the forge to pour in the gunpowder. He would not make the same mistake again.

 

Zongot stuck the fuse into the bomb, examining his handiwork. At last, he went outside to see if this metal would work. If it did, it would double as a field test. He grabbed a torch from its sconce, setting the fuse alight. As soon as he did this, he turned around and ran as fast as he could. He threw himself into the sand behind a dune, and heard the explosion echo across the desert. He peaked up, shrapnel having been scattered  all across the area. Some of the shrapnel had gotten stuck, impaled into walls, wooden posts, and rock. Not only was cast iron the most effective bomb, the bomb worked!

 

And thus, the ZTABBA BOMB reached its early, prototype stages. Of course, a prototype for a human is a finished product for a maddened goblin such as Zongot. He cackled, pocketing his blueprints and moving off toward the city to have a smoke and celebrate.

 

Zongot will be willing to share with anyone who he trusts, or perhaps anyone who pays him...

 

How It Works

 

 

The Stabba Bomb works in a fairly simple way. The Bomb’s exterior shell is made up of cast iron, a quite shatterable metal. It is brittle, and could create fair size shrapnel if exploded. The way the item could be exploded is if you made a hollow ball of cast iron, and filled it up with gunpowder. It could not be filled up all the way, as it would be too heavy to throw if there was too much, and of course the fuse wouldn’t fit. Because of this, one would have to stick a fuse into the bomb for it to work, as gunpowder has its explosive reaction to fire and heat. The force of the explosion (if there is enough gunpowder) would be enough to shatter the metal. Due to its proximity to the explosion, there would be enough force to send them flying in every direction. Now, of course, given the goblin nature of this invention, Zongot had to add his own touch- the spikes. The spikes would be to add sharpness to the fragments, however would also reduce the distance it could be thrown due to lack of aerodynamics. A small price to pay for a goblin.

 

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+1, seems pretty interesting!

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A single tear of joy falls from Schnub'nub's eyes as he sees this invention, "Thabz mi boy Zongy"

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7 minutes ago, BathRugMan said:

Isn't this a grenade 

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Sort of. What does that matter? 

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Thank you for submitting your piece! It is now under review and a verdict will be given in roughly a week.

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We currently aren't looking to add in more explosives of this caliber at the moment and are currently looking at the ones currently in place/things that fall in line with it (e.g. alch fire). This lore has been denied.

 

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