@mhd Perhaps not. But it does become less likely that weapons like rapiers and smallswords develop, as they were reactions to the rise of gundpowder weaponry making armor less valuable. And the stuff that goes boom entered Europe before 1300.:) I mainly post this one because so many people say 'firearms don't match the medieval setting'...which is plainly incorrect. You obviously don't have to have them, but that's not the reason.:)