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<blockquote data-quote="Haltherrion" data-source="post: 5375766" data-attributes="member: 18253">I don't think that is much of a factor at all. I've always banned guns, never played Grayhawk and didn't realize he banned it there (nor do I really care one way or the other).&nbsp;It's really pretty simple why I and I'd venture many ban guns: guns aren't in my concept of high fantasy. I don't recall any guns in LOTR. Many people want to capture that feel or something along those lines, or high middle ages or some other setting that doesn't have guns in it. Moreover, guns both feel &quot;modern&quot; and therefore detract from these high fantasy settings or pose a whole range of problems for world creation (if there are guns and gun powder, why are there castles? In the real world, castles went bye-bye fairly shortly after cannons showed up.)&nbsp;Now that's not to say you can't have a fun setting with them in there but for people who choose to omit them, I really doubt it is due to setting created a very long time ago.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Haltherrion, post: 5375766, member: 18253"] I don't think that is much of a factor at all. I've always banned guns, never played Grayhawk and didn't realize he banned it there (nor do I really care one way or the other). It's really pretty simple why I and I'd venture many ban guns: guns aren't in my concept of high fantasy. I don't recall any guns in LOTR. Many people want to capture that feel or something along those lines, or high middle ages or some other setting that doesn't have guns in it. Moreover, guns both feel "modern" and therefore detract from these high fantasy settings or pose a whole range of problems for world creation (if there are guns and gun powder, why are there castles? In the real world, castles went bye-bye fairly shortly after cannons showed up.) Now that's not to say you can't have a fun setting with them in there but for people who choose to omit them, I really doubt it is due to setting created a very long time ago. [/QUOTE]

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