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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 5760563" data-attributes="member: 17106">I think the real problem with guns is that they highlight existing problems with the game.It is intuitively obvious to most people that a completely untrained person can pick up a gun a shoot someone, killing them instantly. It happens all the time, often without intent. This is virtually impossible to model in the D&D hit point system while maintaining any sense of balance. The same may in theory be true of other weapons or of magic, but it seems most salient with firearms.I think that the historical context of firearm use in D&D is much easier to rationalize than the mechanical versions that have been tried. I also think that this issue is one of the largest problems with d20 Modern and a siginificant reason why roleplaying continues to focus on the fantasy genre.</blockquote>