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<blockquote data-quote="KidSnide" data-source="post: 5762136" data-attributes="member: 54710">That's how modern firearms would change the game.&nbsp; Most of this thread is directed towards much earlier forms of guns.&nbsp; Before the machine gun, closing to melee range was a reasonable strategy -- and the D&amp;D rules would be a reasonable medium.As someone who runs a game where guns are prevalent, I agree with the sentiment that you need to first decide what genre conventions you want and then design gun rules to meet those genre conventions.&nbsp; For example, I don't care whether guns are unusually lethal (to my eyes, a bullet is no more or less deadly than a sword blow), and I do care about whether guns can be used by PCs effectively in a &quot;standard 4e&quot; method.&nbsp; Accordingly, I provide long reload times for NPCs and non-gun-specialist PCs, but specialist PCs get magically reloading guns that lets them use their bard or ranger powers with the standard degree of effectiveness.I expect that other GMs will have different priorities and reach different results.-KS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KidSnide, post: 5762136, member: 54710"] That's how modern firearms would change the game. Most of this thread is directed towards much earlier forms of guns. Before the machine gun, closing to melee range was a reasonable strategy -- and the D&D rules would be a reasonable medium. As someone who runs a game where guns are prevalent, I agree with the sentiment that you need to first decide what genre conventions you want and then design gun rules to meet those genre conventions. For example, I don't care whether guns are unusually lethal (to my eyes, a bullet is no more or less deadly than a sword blow), and I do care about whether guns can be used by PCs effectively in a "standard 4e" method. Accordingly, I provide long reload times for NPCs and non-gun-specialist PCs, but specialist PCs get magically reloading guns that lets them use their bard or ranger powers with the standard degree of effectiveness. I expect that other GMs will have different priorities and reach different results. -KS [/QUOTE]

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