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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Khairn" data-source="post: 2491514" data-attributes="member: 20153">First things first, guns did not bring about the end of armor.  Cost, and economics had more of an impact than guns did.  But that is really a discussion for a historical thread rather than one on gaming.In answer to a few of your questions regarding IK, here are my thoughts...-IMHO the key to understanding IK is knowing that the designers wanted a game that enabled players to use both melee wepons and guns in a balance.  They were not looking for a realistic approach to guns. If you are looking for a game that has a "realistic" approach to guns then you might want to look elsewhere for IK will not satisfy that particular itch.-thankfully they also did not include rules to represent the horrendous backfires that killed many in the early days of firearms-another "control" against the potentially overwhelming deadliness of guns that the designers used is that there is no gunpowder in IK.  Alchemists are required to create a blasting powder in a ratio that is unique for each weapon.  A mix that is quite expensive to use.-as for the culture, the IK nations have been evolving and changing over the past few centuries since the withdrawl of the Orgoth.  Many of the arcane/technologies elements of the setting  are new, and society's reaction to them is still in its early stages.  The IK World Guide gives a much better look into the cultures than L&L.-there are classes that can will kill low and mid level targets with just 1 well placed bullet.  But since that requires both training and skill, its not skills that the average soldier would have.-some armor contains DR that is effective only against certain damage, such as those from bullets.Hope that helps in a small way.</blockquote>

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