D&D Movie/TV D&D: Honor Among Thieves Open Discussion [Full Spoilers]

[Undrave]

I guess one thing to keep in mind is Faerun is stuck in a medieval type period. It simply can't progress technologically in certain areas (because certain elements work differently and/or the gods simply don't allow it). They've had the same tech level for hundreds if not thousands of years. So, while electric lights aren't invented, glass windows for common use probably is.

Weirdly enough you would think an old school printing press could be invented but scribes still exist and books are still considered rare.

But its just a game....

They seem to have good enough printing press to mass produce wanted posters. and adds for the High Sun Game. I’d assume that hand scripted documents have additional properties related to magic that still make them desirable. Like, you can’t make a secret document decryption proof without writing it by hand, and you can’t just PRINT a spell book because the act of writing it by hand is part of the ritual of storing the magic?

Maybe the lack of commercial books is due to the lack of paper? Yo can make a lot of posters with the same amount of parchment as a single book, for exemple.

Maybe in another region of the Realms they have a cheap source of papyrus paper and there’s a thriving scene of trashy pulp leaflets! Including a whole series titled ‘The Erotic Adventures of Xenk Yendar’ which are completely fictitious but sell like hot cakes.

 

[M_Natas]

They seem to have good enough printing press to mass produce wanted posters. and adds for the High Sun Game. I’d assume that hand scripted documents have additional properties related to magic that still make them desirable. Like, you can’t make a secret document decryption proof without writing it by hand, and you can’t just PRINT a spell book because the act of writing it by hand is part of the ritual of storing the magic?

Maybe the lack of commercial books is due to the lack of paper? Yo can make a lot of posters with the same amount of parchment as a single book, for exemple.

Maybe in another region of the Realms they have a cheap source of papyrus paper and there’s a thriving scene of trashy pulp leaflets! Including a whole series titled ‘The Erotic Adventures of Xenk Yendar’ which are completely fictitious but sell like hot cakes.

Like every D&D game I ever played in had bookshops with full shelfs and pulp & blue novels.

 

[pukunui]

I guess one thing to keep in mind is Faerun is stuck in a medieval type period.

Sort of. It's been feeling less and less medieval as the 5e period goes on. Parts of it have got more of a Renaissance vibe now (particularly in the art).

Baldur's Gate feels more 16th or 17th century and has more technology thanks to the priests of Gond being given a free hand in the city. BG's harbor is fairly modern with its mechanical cranes and scoops and such. And that's been the case since 2013's Murder in Baldur's Gate.

 

[Aellic Mornbringer]

Sort of. It's been feeling less and less medieval as the 5e period goes on. Parts of it have got more of a Renaissance vibe now (particularly in the art).

Baldur's Gate feels more 16th or 17th century and has more technology thanks to the priests of Gond being given a free hand in the city. BG's harbor is fairly modern with its mechanical cranes and scoops and such. And that's been the case since 2013's Murder in Baldur's Gate.

Excellent point about how the "default" pseudo-medieval has evolved over the 5E era (not to discount glimpses of evolution in previous editions.) I agree that there is much more of a Renaissance vibe presented in the game and artwork in particular.

 

[Aellic Mornbringer]

Coming back to the actual thread topic, I saw the film with my family on Sunday and loved it. It isn't perfect, (the first act pacing is definitely wonky) but, as others have stated, it is everything I could have hoped for and more. I'm slated to see it again on Saturday with my gaming buddies, most of whom I went to see the 2000 debacle with back...well...a lifetime or two ago. Anyway, I'm keen to hear their take on the film as well as see how it feels seeing it a second time.

 

[payn]

Coming back to the actual thread topic, I saw the film with my family on Sunday and loved it. It isn't perfect, (the first act pacing is definitely wonky) but, as others have stated, it is everything I could have hoped for and more. I'm slated to see it again on Saturday with my gaming buddies, most of whom I went to see the 2000 debacle with back...well...a lifetime or two ago. Anyway, I'm keen to hear their take on the film as well as see how it feels seeing it a second time.

 

[OB1]

Coming back to the actual thread topic, I saw the film with my family on Sunday and loved it. It isn't perfect, (the first act pacing is definitely wonky) but, as others have stated, it is everything I could have hoped for and more. I'm slated to see it again on Saturday with my gaming buddies, most of whom I went to see the 2000 debacle with back...well...a lifetime or two ago. Anyway, I'm keen to hear their take on the film as well as see how it feels seeing it a second time.

The first act pacing was way better for me on my 2nd viewing, may go see it a 3rd time with my gaming group this weekend.

 

[pukunui]

Excellent point about how the "default" pseudo-medieval has evolved over the 5E era (not to discount glimpses of evolution in previous editions.) I agree that there is much more of a Renaissance vibe presented in the game and artwork in particular.

Waterdeep: Dragon Heist also makes that city look 16th or 17th century in appearance, and it includes things like guns and submarines.

This is not a medieval city:

Spoiler

Don't even get me started on the art from the Radiant Citadel book. (For one, it's way off topic ...)

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Also, I bet glass making is an art the various races of Faerun learned from Efreetis.

Why did they need so much help?

The first evidence of a glass industry in Britain dates back to 680 AD in the area around Wearmouth and Jarrow in the North of England. By the 1200s, the industry had spread to include areas around the Weald, Surrey, Sussex and Chiddingford.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

This is not a medieval city:

Whist the style is that of the French Renaissance, there is no technology in that picture that was not available during the Medieval period.

Fashions it architecture are just that.