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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheAuldGrump" data-source="post: 5382721" data-attributes="member: 6957">For my own world, on a scale of Bloody Rare to Common, I would have to say that they are Uncommon bordering on Common - waiting for the flintlock to become truly Common weapons. About one out of three or four military units are equipped with arquebus.They have already replaced both the bow and most of the crossbows. With the flintlock they will become common as hunting weapons, and bows will fade from the scene entirely. Already muskets are commonly used for hunting by soldiers and sailors alike.I will admit that I have never understood the gaming bias against guns - to me they are very much part and parcel with magic, as is the age of Elizabeth I. Maybe because I grew up on Shakespeare and stories about pirates.The Auld Grump</blockquote>