*bump*

Alright, I\'ve read most of the topics, and here I am to throw my 2 cents into the pool.

*cracks knuckles*

Alright, first, IF a gun-type weapon is ever implimented by the staff, there are a few things we should all keep in mind.  (some of these have already been said, so I\'m just condensing it):

- gun-types would be HIGH technology to this world, even very very crude guns.  Therefore, they would be grotesquely expensive and rare.

- being high technology, they shouldn\'t be implimented until further along in Planeshifts lifespan...we don\'t even have our swords yet, so calm down.

- guns do seem out of place in a magic-weilding society, which means if they are used, it should be done by those WITHOUT much magic, say, an anti-wizard faction.

- the term \"gun\" makes people thing of modern weapons...these would be nothing more than long tubes of bamboo or iron that you have to ignite (no trigger yet, folks) at one end and PRAY it doesn\'t blow up in your face.  (For a good example, watch Princess Mononoke.)

- I\'m not sure how crafting will work yet, but I don\'t think PCs should be able these, ever.  Maybe a maxxed out smith can make the crudest model, but that\'s IT.  The secrects of this \"technology\" would be FIERCELY guarded by it\'s creators. (IE, no one knows how to make gunpowder but them)

- a gun\'s advantage over an arrow is a simple one.  It pierces average armor and does splash damage.  Magical armor should be able to stand up to it.


If there\'s anything I forgot, feel free to add.  But again, I think the simple \"rifles\" in Princess Mononoke are the best example if you ever want to impliment guns.