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Levistus's_Leviathan reacted to Epic Meepo's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with
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To expand on your point, I'll add some D&D-specific pedantry: "species" is used in the 1989 AD&D 2e Player's Handbook, page 29: "Before... -
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Levistus's_Leviathan 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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Levistus's_Leviathan reacted to Burnside's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
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...
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Levistus's_Leviathan 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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Levistus's_Leviathan reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with
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Superman as punk because it is about hope is a real thing right now. -
Levistus's_Leviathan 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...
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Levistus's_Leviathan reacted to Burnside's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
I don't understand why people make an issue of this one. Why is this assumed to be an in-game term? It's a rules term. People aren't...
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Levistus's_Leviathan reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
D&D has never been "medieval fantasy", so it can scarcely "no longer apply", I would argue. I mean, what setting is that true in...
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Levistus's_Leviathan reacted to Ralif Redhammer's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
A steampunk character could fit into D&D just fine. But so could a Conan-esque barbarian, a snarky Locke Lamora-style rogue from...
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Levistus's_Leviathan reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
You mean the story where Georgian hobbits meet dark age horse lords and Arthurian knights led by a descendent of magitech Atlantis?
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Levistus's_Leviathan reacted to Cap'n Kobold's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
I believe those are more leaning into the vibe of "punk" being about rebellion against the establishment. I think at the time when the...
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Levistus's_Leviathan reacted to Willie the Duck's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
Others have discussed the appropriateness of the term steampunk. Others have discussed medieval. I am going to address the 'no longer'...
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Levistus's_Leviathan 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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Levistus's_Leviathan reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
D&D is pretty much its own genre and its own artistic style/vibe at this point. And that isn't a dig. It is cool that it has an identity.