Just to clarify why I believe guns should definitely be present.
Ships clearly have cannons, and had them since the age of the seven seas, so gunpowder was used to make weapons and still is in this world.
There are skilled craftsmen in this world, they make crossbows, ornate armaments and jewelry, so they could if they tried reverse engineer the cannons and just make them smaller and change the firing mechanism.
Now, some people could have seen this idea as primitive, given that the potentials of magic have increased drastically since guns where first made, and they would think they are obsolete and not really worth the time and work.
But, in this world there are non magic users who use non magic weapons exclusively, to them the idea of a small cannon in their hands would definitely be attractive and they would pursue the idea of making newer and better firearms, so cultures whose ancestors where gunslingers, or those where magic users are scarce could adopt a tradition of producing and perfecting firearms.
I have two ideas, the first being a mostly seafaring culture, they would have tiny coastal and island towns but mostly lived completely on boats and travelled very often. They would be lots of traders and explorers and they also fished a ton. In fact, they lived mostly off of fish and had developed fishing nets that they would drag behind there ships. They would be able to make some of the best food out of fish than any other culture. Their boats would look like normal boats but because they lived on these boats, the boats have been modified and each one has weird different pop outs and weird extensions. Because of this, the boats would not be very fast. This doesn’t really matter though because they don’t really have anywhere to be.
My second Idea would be a culture that almost never has any magic users, and people that do have it would hardly ever use it because the culture stated magic as weak. These people would be trained extremely well with non-magic weapons that would usually look like sticks with ropes on the end. On the ends of the ropes, were hard metal balls on the end. These people’s form of fighting style is so powerful that high trained soldiers can even take down wizards up to level 500. They are able to do this so well because they focus mostly on defense so they are able to weave around attacks extremely fast and dodge anything that comes at them. They wait till there opponent gets tired and then they use their many powerful attacks to kill their opponent. despite being so powerful they usually don’t kill their enemy, and instead usually take them back to one of their villages and treat their wounds and gain trust of their enemy. This culture is actually very friendly to outsiders but do not take threats lightly and in battle will crush their opponents if needed. They live in small villages and have very good food. They usually live in very cold places or in the middle of deserts so that their soldiers are taught how to survive in harsh conditions. They take their training very seriously. People who don’t become soldiers, usually become people who take care of the soldiers and make very good food.
[Insert culture name] - A group of exiles turned madmen who returned to a very primitive lifestyle, having a very basic civilization. Hundreds of years surviving in the wilds caused only the strongest to remain, their population being largely comprised of ancient mages and their offspring. They would essentially be a relic of the past, a few of them even holding possessions from the old world.
Pretty bad idea but I tried.
Ngrwééy Culture
Pronunciation: [ŋ̍ɹʷɛ́ː]
A nomadic pastoral culture that lives off trading livestock and goods that are made with their livestock like horns, milk, and meat for weapons and clothing. Since they never had a large proportion of magic users to begin with, those with magic abilities are often delegated as priests, being tasked with prayer and reading the weather.
They live in the tough, arid desert area, and have a moderate population of about 10,000.
You can’t see pronunciation on phone, sorry
necro but cool idea
D:
betex get em
me likey likey