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<blockquote data-quote="Haltherrion" data-source="post: 5393962" data-attributes="member: 18253">The fact that knights co-existed with firearms for a while does not say that firearms did not have an effect. Just as with fortifications, it took time for the firearms to develop in capability and availability to cause a change. More-over, effective use of firearms requires effect technique, drill and such.&nbsp;In Europe there were many factors at work in the decline of the knight in this period. Firearms were not the only one but the knights themselves complained of them.&nbsp;Regardless, it's how it &quot;feels&quot; to me. The impact on the nature of combat along with its reasonable impact on fortifications make it something I prefer to avoid in the settings I create and games I play in. The bang-and-flash of a firearm don't add enough to a fantasy setting for it to outweigh its negatives for me.&nbsp;Clearly, I'm in the minority from the poll and comments on this thread though. Certainly not saying you can't use it. I'm assuming no one is telling me I must use it <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Haltherrion, post: 5393962, member: 18253"] The fact that knights co-existed with firearms for a while does not say that firearms did not have an effect. Just as with fortifications, it took time for the firearms to develop in capability and availability to cause a change. More-over, effective use of firearms requires effect technique, drill and such. In Europe there were many factors at work in the decline of the knight in this period. Firearms were not the only one but the knights themselves complained of them. Regardless, it's how it "feels" to me. The impact on the nature of combat along with its reasonable impact on fortifications make it something I prefer to avoid in the settings I create and games I play in. The bang-and-flash of a firearm don't add enough to a fantasy setting for it to outweigh its negatives for me. Clearly, I'm in the minority from the poll and comments on this thread though. Certainly not saying you can't use it. I'm assuming no one is telling me I must use it :p [/QUOTE]

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