WHY FANTASY HATES FIREARMS?

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• PH

  @phohecks · 4 months ago

  "Guns would make combat too trivial, also here's a nuke spell"

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• LE

  @levizilla-rf1pm · 4 months ago

  My favourite thing in fantasy is when all the pirate ships have canons but NOBODY else in the whole world had the idea to make guns

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• SA

  @sanejingliufan · 1 year ago

  There was an era where knights rode into battles with flintlock pistols. <br><br>Yes knights on drive by shooting are real.

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• MA

  @madmalkavian3857 · 2 years ago

  Until fantasy stops being allergic to spears and lances, it might be a while before they stop being allergic to guns.

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• SU

  @SuperFunkmachine · 2 years ago

  One issue is the idea that guns are some kind of instant win button, one shot can and will kill anyone.<br>But guns didn&apos;t instantly kill people in armor or end knights, many people did survive getting shot.

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• SE

  @selay333 · 2 years ago

  My roommate didn’t like the ideas of guns in campaigns when he DM’s. That was until I took him out to shoot some of my muzzle loaders. Having hands on experience helped him understand how they work and is now working out how to add them into his games.

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• YU

  @yuri_art_92 · 2 years ago (edited)

  My setting is precisely inspired by the 16th~17th century because it had everything, knights, guns, pirates, ships, etc.

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• HU

  @HuevoBendito · 2 years ago

  The use of firearms in a late Medieval / early Renaissance setting is what attracted me to Warhammer Fantasy in the first place :)

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• EU

  @eurgavaSTORY · 2 years ago

  Guns? They don&apos;t like great many things: Spears, maces, crossbows, siege machines, among others...<br><br>All in the name of its golden child: Sword.

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• WH

  @whanngabrylsanoy721 · 2 years ago

  &quot;Guns aren&apos;t allowed in fantasy setting because its too op!&quot; Oh ok so a firearm that has a high chance of braking,missfiring,not being accurate and slow is mote powerful than a wizard who can spam fire ball, lightning,meteor and can literally stop time?

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• IA

  @ianyoder2537 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Me in a short lived DND campaign: &quot;Can I play a flint lock using sniper?&quot;<br>DM: &quot;No gun&apos;s don&apos;t fit the setting.&quot; <i>has flying clockwork cherubs in the royal capital and a major NPC that regularly uses smoke bombs</i>

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• FA

  @falsehero2001 · 2 years ago

  I think it’s because guns are so romanticised by Americas, especially via the Western genre, that we have a hard time seeing guns as anything earlier that the revolver and repeating rifle. &nbsp;Even muskets are treated less like smooth bore muzzle loaders and more like high precision sniper rifles that magically reload instantly when they’re off screen.

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