User blog comment:Demise36/Muskets./@comment-25345260-20121216013848

We'll think of it this way.

Muskets are extremely inaccurate, poor technology. And expensive. Most people would view it as an Eastern Weapon, and I assume, fear their wielders. But, with usual fear comes, "Demon with a stick that shoots fire and metal!  Burn him!"

"Burn the Witch!"

Or even, "Eastern Heretic Scum, damn thee to a thousand hells, as I change my trousers to remove the nightsoil that deposited itself from the ruckus of your fire-stick exploding in your visage, scattering your innards about this gods-foresaken pub!"