Duh, Kitty... Explanation would be helpful...
I'd like to thank everyone who gave their opinions. It occurs to me that I also probably should have mentioned the nature of my delima. ^_^() I had a Role Play message board going at one point with a plot that was very important to me due to the fact that it was basically the explanation of the early life of one of my all time favorite, online free form characters. *hugs Zareenia* Problem is, this board was a fantasy setting in what was a slightly better than Renaisance period but had rather modern type guns as well as archaic weapons and magic. The guns weren't really any more or less important than the typical fantasy items-- for example it was generally a matter of sword/dagger sheathed against hip on one side and gun in holster on other.
The main uses that I can remember of the guns were things that I could, theoretically, just change to fit otherwise... Which, since it would not be all too difficult to do, is why I decided to ask the general opinion of others. Things like: instead of a sudden volley of bullets, a spell like Sorcerous Blast or Fireball goes off or one of the characters being shot with an bow instead of a gun and Zareenia getting the arrowhead out instead of a bullet... I can think of only one scene in which the guns worked that I couldn't replace with something else and make it work out quite the same. There's a scene where Zareenia really pisses off one of the other characters to the point that he threatens to shot her, and she points out that his gun would make a very loud sound (they're in the dungeons, so it would echo and such) and he would be caught. If he's just got a dagger, than that scene would not play out at all like it originally did.
Also, this would be the only place in which the modern weaponry would be. Because the rest of the story/ies will be at least slightly based off of other groups and/or things that I've RPed one on one with other people (and yes, I have gotten permission from everyone involved who's characters I would be using). Currently, the best I've come up with is the horribly contrived and cliche idea of "this kingdom is a relatively secluded place far from any other civilizations and it's just more advanced and hasn't reached the rest of the world yet" which I really can't convince myself to get behind.
If anyone has any ideas, I'd be more than willing to discuss it with you or you can just drop a comment here.
The main uses that I can remember of the guns were things that I could, theoretically, just change to fit otherwise... Which, since it would not be all too difficult to do, is why I decided to ask the general opinion of others. Things like: instead of a sudden volley of bullets, a spell like Sorcerous Blast or Fireball goes off or one of the characters being shot with an bow instead of a gun and Zareenia getting the arrowhead out instead of a bullet... I can think of only one scene in which the guns worked that I couldn't replace with something else and make it work out quite the same. There's a scene where Zareenia really pisses off one of the other characters to the point that he threatens to shot her, and she points out that his gun would make a very loud sound (they're in the dungeons, so it would echo and such) and he would be caught. If he's just got a dagger, than that scene would not play out at all like it originally did.
Also, this would be the only place in which the modern weaponry would be. Because the rest of the story/ies will be at least slightly based off of other groups and/or things that I've RPed one on one with other people (and yes, I have gotten permission from everyone involved who's characters I would be using). Currently, the best I've come up with is the horribly contrived and cliche idea of "this kingdom is a relatively secluded place far from any other civilizations and it's just more advanced and hasn't reached the rest of the world yet" which I really can't convince myself to get behind.
If anyone has any ideas, I'd be more than willing to discuss it with you or you can just drop a comment here.