Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-27392489-20160726194314/@comment-26172435-20160726210555

I do fancy having Hobbit / Wizard craft fireworks, but more like: 1 sulphur + 2 salpeter + 2 charcoal dust + 2 paper + 1 dye => 2 pieces of fireworks that can be lit with one sulfur match.

I do not fancy the motives and objectives you bring forward, nor the use and impact on the gameplay. No big boomers.

Using fireworks just for fun, with all the investment in the crafting would be a bit ... nah, so I do propose to give the fireworks an effect in game: cause temporary disorientation of any NPC within the boomer effect area. The status effect may be slowness  and inability to strike/fire for like 5 seconds.

For extra return on investment three levels of boomers may be fun and meaingful:

Boomer type I uses the proposed recipe and has an area effect of 8 blocks around the boom.

Boomer type II is crafted combining 2 of type I, creating 1 of type II with an area effect of 16 blocks around the boom.

Boomer type III is crafted combining 2 of type II, creating 1 of type III with an area effect of 32 blocks around the boom.

Note that every NPC will be affected, incl. own troops, so only players can take advantage from the temporary NPC confuzzledness.

Apart from the booming effects, each piece of fireworks will of course give spectacular light and sound effects, like the vanilla reference, but LOTR worthy = better.