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[Dr Simon]

This is something that I haven't seen, although I admit that I don't own every Third Party publication ever.

I'm thinking mainly of a predominantly fantasy setting that features firearms (or a flint-, match- or wheel-lock variety) although it could also apply to a modern/futuristic setting with magical elements.

What seems to be lacking are ideas for, for want of a better term, "magic guns". Perhaps this is a lack of real-world analogues. There is no firearm equivalent to Excalibur, for example. The nearest you could get with iconic firearms tend to focus more on the user - Patton's pearl-handled revolver, a six-shooter belonging to Billy the Kid, Dirty Harry's Magnum .45. Others are sort of iconic in a generic way, like the Tommy Gun used by all 1920s gangsters (in Hollywood if not real life), or the Winchester rifle.

But that doesn't mean they couldn't be incorporated into a game that fully embraced firearms and magic. A "magic bullet" blessed to kill a single enemy, for instance, or a rifle with accuracy over an incredible distance. A pair of duelling pistols that belonged to a great swashbuckling hero that now have some mystic powers, even just applying the standard magic weapon abilities to firearms - a Thundering Blunderbus ("Roaring Meg") for example.

Anyone done any such thing in their games? Or come across any supplements that feature such an idea?