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Damn, Harry Dresden is not aging well.
- I admit I stopped at about book five, but I don't remember Harry ever using a gun.
  
  He definitely does, but I think it fades in and out of use at times. Even in Storm Front I believe he has a .38 Special. Later books I think it's a .44 Magnum.

Is this an American remake of lord of the rings?
- Skip the whole two tower nonsense by Gandalf shooting Saruman in the dick.
  
  Saruman probably: That's not the sound of a man who was shot in the dick.

Thops pulling out an AR-15
"Who's the bluntstone now, bitches?! Bet you wish you had my shield magic now, don't you, you stupid stone-faced bastards!"
Raya Lucaria scholars fleeing in terror
"Who gave that maniac a key to the gate?!"
- "hey tarnished, don't go to academy today..."

I'm waiting for people to just mod a fucking .45 Caliber into Baldurs Gate 3 so I can blast Gortash in his fucking head the first time I see him
- Try Arcanum if you havent
- Shoulda checked like 3 weeks ago. They had you sorted already.
- I am so much ready for Artificer dlc. I am ready with every fiber of my being

Elminster took one level of Fighter for a reason. Even without the 3 levels of Cleric, or the level of Rogue, that one level of Fighter helps every Wizard once the enemy is too close to safely cast. Automatic proficiency with all basic and martial weapons is useful at close range. Especially if one happened to pick up a Vorpal Keen Katana that one happens to be proficient with.
Oh, and taking a Pseudodragon Familiar gives the Wizard the Improved Evasion Feat, so you just kinda became almost immune to other wizards because if you fail a DEX check, you take half damage, and almost all of the Wizard direct damage spells require a DEX check.

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AI memes are taking over huh
- I wondered the same thing, but I really can't tell if this is AI or not. Does something give it away to you?
  I think "wizard-posting" has been a thing since before the AI rush.
  
  Well he has five normal looking fingers so I guess it's not AI?

Hmmph. It's why I gave up on the horror and fantasy genre long ago. Nowadays no one can think of a plot that doesn't involve the hero/heroine shooting their way out of trouble using suddenly-found guns. I wish there could be a movie where there's a dilemma that gun violence doesn't solve and in fact, where guns are not even in the picture (like "Alien," For example - no guns, some cobbled-together weapons which proved useless. Or the movie "Cube," no guns needed to provide a suspenseful plot).
- I tend to agree. It's part of the reason that I really enjoy the mystery genre. Good ones have suspense and clever problem solving and don't rely on weapons.
  (I'm also resisting the urge to bring up Star Trek again in a non-Trek thread)
  
  I like mysteries also, I loved "Glass Onion." There was gun violence in it but it wasn't as a means to a solution. I just think it takes more brain power to come up with a situation where characters are in great danger and actually have to use their own minds to figure out a way out. Instead of just shooting at everything, like in recent movies about dinosaurs and time travel. Surely there must be a cleverer way to deliver the main characters out of danger.

Simple jinx should cause most firearms to fail or jam In a universe where guns exist and level-1 wizards can cast magic missile/fireball and cantrips like firebolt, setting fire to things (like gunpowder), my bet is that low-level magic users aren't going to be trumped by steampunk-grade tech that easily
- You could make that argument for almost any weapon though. The physical meddling required to snap a bowstring, dull a blade, or even just put a rock in their shoe is minimal. Magic needs to have limits if you want the mundane to compete at any level, and one of those limits is often an unspoken acceptance that you can't just arbitrarily foul another person's gear.
- Being that there the laws for magic depending on the setting - you're either true or total nonsense.
  I think Dresden said it best. A super sonic round from far enough away will pop your head like a balloon before you ever even hear the gunshot. Magic won't save you then.