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Great article - it is really striking to see the difference in how TSR (relying on Random House advances) and WotC have approached the...

Thanks for the recall of childhood trauma... :LOL:

I care more about what historians call the thing than what HEMA practitioners call it. HEMA benefits from clear distinct categories...

I think she's pointing out that weapons labeled "rapiers" by experts existed in the 15th century. Whether those weapons are mislabeled...

Apparently the argument is that there could only be one type of sword in use at a time? That and a quick internet search that brings up...

I was just responding to the theory that any human not armed with a howitzer would stand no chance against megafauna - whether that's a...

Spoken like someone who never encountered a pissed off rooster. :)

There’s still some peoples in Africa who hunt huge game (elephants, giraffes) as a rite of passage and proof of skill. The hard part is...

I think this is a non sequitur, in that that's not what AIViking stated. There some significant ground between "our ancestors have been...

A T-Rex is just a giant chicken. Unlike what Jurassic park would have you believe, they are just animals. Meanwhile our ancestors did...

My point was not about historical accuracy of people encountering T-Rexes, it's that if you want a "dragon" that works according to real...

People did hunt grizzly bears with stone tipped spears, there are stories of warriors that would hunt them with only a dagger as a...

Someone did not grow up in the post apocalyptic outback and it shows.