In the Pathfinder RPG, gunslingers are a playable class. Clearly they are not in PFO (which makes sense, they were a little over powered anyways), but guns were available to all characters in Pathfinder RPG.
So, my question is what the tech level will be for PFO, and I'd like to know what it should be.
I can easily see PFO taking the easy LotR style fantasy world that has been used and over used(not to bash Tolkien, the guy was amazing). One of the things that always appealed to me about Pathfinder RPG was its Stephen King's Dark Tower-esk type look on technology, where there is clearly a medieval tech level, but the occasional arcane revolver makes it through. A fighter with a revolver, or a ranger who specializes in guns is one of the things that really made the gritty world of Pathfinder amazing.
I'm not saying that guns should be common place. They should be hard to craft, harder to buy, and some degree of balancing would be put in place to make it so some kid with a gun can't take down a level 20 fighter from a distance. But they should be an available weapon.
Also, what about tech level in general? Thoughts?