I really don't think they fit in the 'Sword and Sorcery' genre. Sword and Gun, nope. Gun and Sorcery, nope. Sword and Sorcery and Guns, err, no, kind of totally decimates the entire sword and sorcery ethos don't you think?
Still, always willing to search for a compromise I started to think that maybe some sort of energy weapon would be more fitting. I cannot think of any lore friendly portable source of electricity so perhaps if we powered them with soul gems? I then got to thinking about my youth, playing around and finding a stick or a twig or a small branch. Yay, pew-pew, pew-pew-pew, pew-pew-BANG. Oh yes! Brilliant idea. I guess this was the inspiration for the staffs in Oblivion :meh:
No guns and no wooden stick rocket launchers either :angry: