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Laurefindel replied to the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll).Indeed! But my point is that Conan-looking barbarians and giant apes and dragons and faux-Vikings and chainmail-bikini Amazon... -
Laurefindel reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with
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I’ve never had a problem with folks seeing it as having some of the trappings of the Middle Ages with European style castles and armor... -
Laurefindel replied to the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll).They are much closer to one another than any of them from Pendragon but no, I don’t see them as the same.
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Laurefindel replied to the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll).In my mind it is. It still is more Medieval Fantasy than any other broad fantasy category I can think of. WoW is not like D&D, which is...
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Laurefindel reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
Is WoW medieval fantasy? I don't think so.
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Laurefindel replied to the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll).Yes, but what I’m trying to say is that a very thin Medieval veneer is all it takes to be Medieval Fantasy. The more specific you get...
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Laurefindel reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
I mean, maybe, but very, very few games (TTRPG or CRPG) make any real effort toward anything more than a medieval veneer.
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Laurefindel replied to the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll).I agree with your rationale but I’m starting to see the question from the opposite perspective. The evolution of D&D and similar games...
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Laurefindel replied to the thread What makes Arthurian fantasy its own genre, different from more traditional D&D-ish medieval fantasy? What are some Arthurian-style plots?.In light of recent threads, I’m no longer sure Arthurian Fantasy and Medieval Fantasy are that estranged. Arthurian fantasy has a...
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Laurefindel reacted to Faolyn's post in the thread What makes Arthurian fantasy its own genre, different from more traditional D&D-ish medieval fantasy? What are some Arthurian-style plots? with Like.
I will probably be running a game in that genre, but when I do a search, all I get is recommendations for novels. OK, so the system...
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Laurefindel reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
The second one.
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Laurefindel replied to the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll).What isn’t true, that D&D was Medieval Fantasy, or that people didn’t think of D&D as Medieval Fantasy?
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Laurefindel replied to the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll).Im surprised to hear that people never considered D&D to be medieval fantasy. Fantasy genre and subgenres are much better defined now...
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Laurefindel 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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Laurefindel 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...