[quote=@The Wyrm]
Eh... Getting a little to much into the techno side for me. Someone always has to have guns to win, and it tends to ruin it. 
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I really wouldnt worry about that. I'm not going to allow power-gaming with magic or with tech of any kind. Everything will be for the sake of a good story, not 'winning'. We're telling a story, not playing Risk. Also, as mentioned above, all the factions will be from a part of the world in which gunpowder and archeotech are especially rare.