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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JiffyPopTart" data-source="post: 8294681" data-attributes="member: 4881">If the sword guy is getting to dash in within a few feet and deliver a killing blow BEFORE they get shot by the gun guy...then the gun guy can also dash in and bear hug the swordsman while sticking the pistol in his gut and pulling the trigger...Or maybe you just can compare how lethal something is IRL by limiting it to one very specific scenario and calling it a day.My take on the OPs original question would be....why did the group of people in your world that invented firearms do so?  If they are in all respects the same as the crossbow...why would I want to take all the drawbacks proposed to use one without any benefits to offset them?In my campaign I have firearms.  They were developed by gnomes to allow them to punch above their weight and thus do one die step more damage than the equivalent crossbow.  The powder creation process is quasimagical and the results are only usable by gnomes (and hobgoblins because of campaign plot advancent reasons).The actual impetus for me introducing firearms in my campaign was as an enticement for the players to pick a gnome as a martial character option.</blockquote>