So, after much (much) consideration and juggling around a million character concepts that I like, I've decided my character will be a dwarven traveling merchant with a penchant for adventure and treasure hunting. Of course, his combat focus will be guns and other tech doodads acquired via money, so the big question here is: how exactly do these "manabolt" weapons work? And then there's the other questions such as: Are they rare? Expensive? Can they be used effectively by mundanes? Are their strictly controlled and guarded by the Mekhanism Institution? Is it just pistols or are there other weapon types with similar properties/functions?