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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 5076903" data-attributes="member: 87792">Who says I don't?I've no objection to arquebusses, muskets, or even muzzle loading rifles.&nbsp; I just expect adventurers to want to be able to hit the broad side of a barn door and not spend several rounds reloading.&nbsp; Early gunpowder is therefore not an issue for adventurers any more than I expect there to be adventuring pikemen.&nbsp; (About all it does is makes the town militia a force on the battlefield or provides non-magical artillery).&nbsp; And I'd back trained longbowmen even against Napoleonic infantry.&nbsp; (American Civil War infantry with breachloading rifles are another issue).&nbsp;Longbows are better than crossbows - partly because there are fewer functional limits to the weapon and partly because they take much more training.&nbsp; The reason the crossbow was considered dishonourable was that you could train a peasant in an afternoon to shoot hard enough to take down a knight.&nbsp; (Longbows take years).&nbsp;And I want a modern convertion of 4e that works as an action movie - Shotguns doing knockback etc.&nbsp; (Bows and crossbows discarded).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 5076903, member: 87792"] Who says I don't? I've no objection to arquebusses, muskets, or even muzzle loading rifles. I just expect adventurers to want to be able to hit the broad side of a barn door and not spend several rounds reloading. Early gunpowder is therefore not an issue for adventurers any more than I expect there to be adventuring pikemen. (About all it does is makes the town militia a force on the battlefield or provides non-magical artillery). And I'd back trained longbowmen even against Napoleonic infantry. (American Civil War infantry with breachloading rifles are another issue). Longbows are better than crossbows - partly because there are fewer functional limits to the weapon and partly because they take much more training. The reason the crossbow was considered dishonourable was that you could train a peasant in an afternoon to shoot hard enough to take down a knight. (Longbows take years). And I want a modern convertion of 4e that works as an action movie - Shotguns doing knockback etc. (Bows and crossbows discarded). [/QUOTE]

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