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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7871510" data-attributes="member: 22779">The reason I get ... annoyed is far too strong of a word ... um..&nbsp; proud nailed?&nbsp; naw, that sounds dirty.&nbsp;&nbsp; Whatever it is.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />The reason is, in order to have X, you need to have Y.&nbsp; So, if you have, say, clipper ships (something I've ACTUALLY seen pictured in D&amp;D art, then you have to have everything needed to make that ship - which means you have steam engines and incredibly refined manufacturing capabilities, and so on and so forth.&nbsp; I mean, good grief, I've MET people who came to Canada on a clipper.&nbsp; So, something like that really stands out to me.Something like a Hand Crossbow, or Full Plate Armor doesn't really trigger my spidey sense too much because, well, ROMANS had plate armor.&nbsp; Granted it was made of bronze, not steel, but, again, not really a huge jump when I can already buy into Mithril or Adamantine.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp; I've never actually had a player use a pistol crossbow, so I just ignore it.&nbsp; And, IIRC, pistol crossbows predate gunpowder weapons anyway, so, it's not a huge jump.But, yeah, it's all about personal suspension of disbelief.&nbsp; It's different for everyone.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7871510, member: 22779"] The reason I get ... annoyed is far too strong of a word ... um.. proud nailed? naw, that sounds dirty. Whatever it is. :D The reason is, in order to have X, you need to have Y. So, if you have, say, clipper ships (something I've ACTUALLY seen pictured in D&D art, then you have to have everything needed to make that ship - which means you have steam engines and incredibly refined manufacturing capabilities, and so on and so forth. I mean, good grief, I've MET people who came to Canada on a clipper. So, something like that really stands out to me. Something like a Hand Crossbow, or Full Plate Armor doesn't really trigger my spidey sense too much because, well, ROMANS had plate armor. Granted it was made of bronze, not steel, but, again, not really a huge jump when I can already buy into Mithril or Adamantine. :D I've never actually had a player use a pistol crossbow, so I just ignore it. And, IIRC, pistol crossbows predate gunpowder weapons anyway, so, it's not a huge jump. But, yeah, it's all about personal suspension of disbelief. It's different for everyone. [/QUOTE]

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