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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 4211085" data-attributes="member: 50987">So I'm having trouble classifying firearms.&nbsp; I thought I would do a poll, to get a feel for how people were leaning on them, but I didn't want multiple &quot;firearm&quot; threads.&nbsp; So I'll just ask...do you think firearms should be Simple, Military, or Superior?&quot;Simple&quot; makes sense from a historic standpoint...the main reason why firearms replaced bows and crossbows was that they could be mastered without special training.&quot;Military&quot; makes sense from the story's point of view: firearms are elite weapons, used only by a limited number of people and not the general public (like present-day assault rifles.)&quot;Superior&quot; makes sense from a metagame perspecitve: since firearms are obviously superior to most Medieval-period weapons, they should require a feat to help balance their power.Which would you prefer?&nbsp; I'm leaning toward &quot;simple.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 4211085, member: 50987"] So I'm having trouble classifying firearms. I thought I would do a poll, to get a feel for how people were leaning on them, but I didn't want multiple "firearm" threads. So I'll just ask...do you think firearms should be Simple, Military, or Superior? "Simple" makes sense from a historic standpoint...the main reason why firearms replaced bows and crossbows was that they could be mastered without special training. "Military" makes sense from the story's point of view: firearms are elite weapons, used only by a limited number of people and not the general public (like present-day assault rifles.) "Superior" makes sense from a metagame perspecitve: since firearms are obviously superior to most Medieval-period weapons, they should require a feat to help balance their power. Which would you prefer? I'm leaning toward "simple." [/QUOTE]

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