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Flying Toaster reacted to Willie the Duck's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with
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I think Hopepunk and solarpunk can be seen in two ways, depending on how one sees the 'punk' of cyberpunk. Either: (as Cap'n Kobold... -
Flying Toaster reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
I don't know. I think mutually understood definitions of terms allows us to have fruitful conversations, rather than descending...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Burnside's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
Yeah - my dad is a Boomer, and not remotely counter-cultural, but liked Tolkien and owned the 1968 U.S. paperback boxed set of the three...
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Flying Toaster reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
Or this, from "The Battle Of Evermore": The pain of war cannot exceed The woe of aftermath The drums will shake the castle wall The...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Autumnal's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
Obligatory pedantry: “genus” and “species” are used in Roman-era Latin translations of Aristotle, which made them standard terms through...
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Flying Toaster reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
See, I don't even think it's "dark ages" per se. I think the key difference is that D&D went from something kinda-sorta-ish like...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
A couple of things that happened in these editions is, in 2nd more professional artists were being used, and by 3rd the printing went...
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Flying Toaster reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
What I'd say is, it was part of the completely BS pop-history hodgepodge that people mistakenly think is "Medieval". It has ladies in...
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Flying Toaster reacted to I'm A Banana's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
I am quick to bust out the Abe Simpson quote. Change frequently surprises people, even though it's inevitable. Every time one of my...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
This is a more cogent argument than that it’s no longer medieval fantasy because there are handlebar mustaches. That said, it’s not like...
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Flying Toaster reacted to I'm A Banana's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
One of the interesting things about how D&D grew was that it grew out of wargames, where historical accuracy matters quite a bit more...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Stormonu's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
Its not Steampunk, but its not '70s grim fantasy anymore either. D&D has always been about a decade behind on what influences it, so...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Autumnal's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
I used to be a reader like you, until I took an arrow to the knee had a friend who specialized in Southern Gothic. Sturgeon’s Law was...
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Flying Toaster reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
In addition, we aren't talking about the real world. It's a world where magic works and there really might be a monster under your bed...
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Flying Toaster reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
Solarpunk is probably the most genuinely punk of the punkpunks since cyberpunk. Punk doesn’t mean pessimistic, it means...