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<blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 8264060" data-attributes="member: 5948">Me too, but to be honest the D&amp;D firearms rules don't really back up why.&nbsp; They're better than crossbows, but unless you house-rule, most classes who routinely use crossbows aren't firearms proficient.The other aesthetic/technological trend i imagine in Ravenloft is the lessening of emphasis on armour.&nbsp; But (in real-life history) that happened because firearms penetrated armour very easily, and that mechanically just doesn't happen in D&amp;D, and also from a more metagamey point of view - if armour goes away then melee warriors always start being Dex-based rather than Str-based, and that means finesse weapons become the norm, and the Str stat pretty much doesn't even matter any more.I've messed around with rules for firearms that are slightly more advanced technologically than standard D&amp;D firearms (perhaps at an early 1800s-level), especially trying to keep Str relevant and differentiate them from bows a bit, but I'm far from satisfied yet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="humble minion, post: 8264060, member: 5948"] Me too, but to be honest the D&D firearms rules don't really back up why. They're better than crossbows, but unless you house-rule, most classes who routinely use crossbows aren't firearms proficient. The other aesthetic/technological trend i imagine in Ravenloft is the lessening of emphasis on armour. But (in real-life history) that happened because firearms penetrated armour very easily, and that mechanically just doesn't happen in D&D, and also from a more metagamey point of view - if armour goes away then melee warriors always start being Dex-based rather than Str-based, and that means finesse weapons become the norm, and the Str stat pretty much doesn't even matter any more. I've messed around with rules for firearms that are slightly more advanced technologically than standard D&D firearms (perhaps at an early 1800s-level), especially trying to keep Str relevant and differentiate them from bows a bit, but I'm far from satisfied yet. [/QUOTE]

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