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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jer" data-source="post: 7706801" data-attributes="member: 19857">Also the "gun problem" becomes a non-issue is simply rewording things without changing the mechanics.  "Gunsmith" becomes "wandsmith" or "wand savant" or something.  The firearm becomes a special more powerful wand that you've enhanced with your artificer abilities (or, better yet from my personal perspective, any wand you use that you want to sit down and spend a short rest modifying with your artificer abilities).  All of the references to ammunition become references to a charging mechanism (i.e. "once you have expended your Thunder Wand you must recharge it as a bonus action" or something similar, Arcane Magazine becomes a toolkit for generating the charges, etc.).  It's actually very easy to refluff into something that would have fit very well into 3rd edition Eberron, and depending on the purpose of the final product they could easily extract the guns and keep the subclass the same.  There's really nothing mechanically in there at all that requires "guns".  I am wondering if they really wanted to create a divisive subclass on purpose to see how the reaction to arcane firearms would play out.  Though I doubt it because it's fairly predictable - loud screams of SQUEEE from folks who have been wanting gun-toting steampunk wizards in their game and loud screams of pain from folks who have never wanted that at all.  All played out with an internet megaphone that makes both groups seem larger than they really are.</blockquote>

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