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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 9187299" data-attributes="member: 22779">The existence of exceptions does not really change anything.The reason that D&amp;D (barring some exceptions of course) has never really included firearms is because fantasy authors didn't really include them.&nbsp; D&amp;D is very much grounded in early and mid 20th century fantasy - the pulps and Tolkien as well as some others.&nbsp; As well as borrowing heavily from myth and folklore.&nbsp; Which, again, generally doesn't really include a whole lot of firearms.&nbsp; Robin Hood, King Arthur and all those Greek dudes never shot a gun.&nbsp; Again, the reason we don't have guns in the base setting is because of genre conceits.&nbsp; People can paint it however they like, that Kossuth doesn't let it happen, or whatever.&nbsp; Doesn't matter.&nbsp; That's just window dressing.&nbsp; The reason we don't have guns or gunpowder in the game is because of genre conceits.If Tolkien had guns in Middle Earth, you can bet your bottom dollar that D&amp;D would have guns.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 9187299, member: 22779"] The existence of exceptions does not really change anything. The reason that D&D (barring some exceptions of course) has never really included firearms is because fantasy authors didn't really include them. D&D is very much grounded in early and mid 20th century fantasy - the pulps and Tolkien as well as some others. As well as borrowing heavily from myth and folklore. Which, again, generally doesn't really include a whole lot of firearms. Robin Hood, King Arthur and all those Greek dudes never shot a gun. Again, the reason we don't have guns in the base setting is because of genre conceits. People can paint it however they like, that Kossuth doesn't let it happen, or whatever. Doesn't matter. That's just window dressing. The reason we don't have guns or gunpowder in the game is because of genre conceits. If Tolkien had guns in Middle Earth, you can bet your bottom dollar that D&D would have guns. [/QUOTE]

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