Could be cool, if done properly. As in, Renaissance-style firearms, and obviously not 'guns' as we know them. (And it would have to be something that had 'always been there', not some kind of 'kerazy new invention', in which case it would be lame.)

Think of the first firearm options in games like Medieval 2 Total War, more noisy and scary than actually precision projectile.


It would add to the unique feel of TES, and help keep away from the 'medieval Europe' generica of TES IV.

All I'm sayin' is, if Morrowind can have goggles, Skyrim can have primitive 'firearms'. Just adds to the sense of a lack of 'parallel history' which is too easy to fall into otherwise.

Hmm...

Forgive me my second of nitpicking, but I would call it a lore-based hypothesis. Speculation indicates more of an informal grasp at straws without real proof or evidence or sources to prop it up. If you can argue against for your belief that mortals can outstrip the gods in potential, then by all means do so. But you need to provide sources or work around arguments already laid out. The lack of official confirmation or validation has nothing to do with its accuracy or not; most of the extraneous stuff we know or can guess about TES lore comes through http://www.imperial-library.info/fsg/ or rare phenomena (http://www.monkeytruth.net/) or unofficial http://www.imperial-library.info/obscure_text/.

Not to say that my view is correct, but it seems incredibly redundant to say "take it with a grain of salt" when 1) discussions like this are intended to flesh out and give explanation to things not confirmed or validated, and 2) you are incapable of disproving it.