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James Gasik reacted to Burnside's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with
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1E had monks because karate and ninja stuff was a big craze in the U.S. in the 1970s. It had spaceships and laser guns because some... -
James Gasik reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
It should be by pointed out that waistcoats and pockets are in the book, not just the movies. Bilbo’s outfit is directly based on...
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James Gasik reacted to Steampunkette's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
Is Lord of the Rings medieval fantasy? No. It's High Fantasy. Here, we can see Frodo wearing pretty standard Hobbit garb. Trousers...
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James Gasik 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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James Gasik reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 3 Viewing (Spoilers) with Like.
If you look on the TV there was a detective with a classic car thing going on in the 80s - Bergarac, Morse. And I guess that was...
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James Gasik reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
As was the fact that if you hit someone hard enough with a blunt object, you can break the skin causing bleeding wounds. Especially if a...
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James Gasik reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Even without spikes per se, just the routine flanges and such were going to do that with a good swing. Maces were almost always...
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James Gasik reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I can't help but think of early (1e?) Clerics that weren't allowed to use edged weapons because they were forbidden from drawing...
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James Gasik replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..The fact that such weapons sometimes had spikey bits were conveniently ignored.
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James Gasik replied to the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll).Not necessarily. It's more about the aesthetic of neo-Victorianism and 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery, but all sorts...
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For reference, rough estimate of when different technologies hit in real life. D&D General - Technology in D&D, the IRL Timeline, and...
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James Gasik reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
A bit of a tangent here, but I would argue there’s a reverse-Clarke’s Law going on with D&D’s magic. It is sufficiently understood so as...
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James Gasik replied to the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll).Rogue Modrons are!
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James Gasik replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Yeah, that's probably why the various damage types are so vestigial in 5e. If you actually considered what being hit by things like...