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<blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 9221818" data-attributes="member: 6787503">Yeah, I don't think we're too far apart on this. I was just pointing out the pattern I'm noticing which is that firearm rules were definitely included from the very beginning in the form of late-medieval levels of technology, but for whatever reason, whether by omission or intent, they seem to have been specifically excluded from the PC-build rules. You also have the situation from the beginning where DMs are encouraged to introduce content from pulp genres outside of medieval fantasy. To me, this gives the impression of a game in which the PCs are rooted in medieval fantasy while, for the sake of variety, the setting is more malleable genre-wise. I don't think this basic dynamic has really changed over time. For instance, getting back to the Barsoom example, I don't think any edition has given rules for playing a green martian, Although some PC races might have come close, I think there's a basic precondition that a PC race needs to be compatible with a medieval fantasy setting. And, as I posted up-thread, I think it would be in keeping with this dynamic and not upset things too much for late medieval levels of technology like the arquebus to be included in the PC creation rules as a minimum because the default setting options already include the late medieval as a valid choice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hriston, post: 9221818, member: 6787503"] Yeah, I don't think we're too far apart on this. I was just pointing out the pattern I'm noticing which is that firearm rules were definitely included [I]from the very beginning[/I] in the form of late-medieval levels of technology, but for whatever reason, whether by omission or intent, they seem to have been specifically excluded from the PC-build rules. You also have the situation [I]from the beginning [/I]where DMs are encouraged to introduce content from pulp genres outside of medieval fantasy. To me, this gives the impression of a game in which the PCs are rooted in medieval fantasy while, for the sake of variety, the setting is more malleable genre-wise. I don't think this basic dynamic has really changed over time. For instance, getting back to the Barsoom example, I don't think any edition has given rules for playing a green martian, Although some PC races might have come close, I think there's a basic precondition that a PC race needs to be compatible with a medieval fantasy setting. And, as I posted up-thread, I think it would be in keeping with this dynamic and not upset things too much for late medieval levels of technology like the arquebus to be included in the PC creation rules as a minimum because the default setting options already include the late medieval as a valid choice. [/QUOTE]

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