D&D - historical or fantastic?

[Hairfoot]

I'm in at 3. I enjoy the hard slog of talented mortals in a brutal world more than a game of swords & superheroes.

 

[Psion]

The real world often makes a fascinating resource for gaming, so I often draw inspiration from it.

But I have no illusions about D&D being a little bit historical. All the hate-on for monks and other Oriental things kills me, because it's not like any D&D game I have ever intended is deeply entrenched in authentic medieval feel, beyond that they have similar armor and swords (and sometimes the resemblance there is a little faint, too...)

 

[jester47]

My hate of the monk is mechanical, not historical.

 

[Hairfoot]

...and swords (and sometimes the resemblance there is a little faint, too...)

Or a little feint? Bwa-ha!

Sorry. Don't get cut - I wasn't having a stab. No need to get the knives out.

I really should cleave to the thread topic.

 

[Wombat]

I don't care for the OTT fantasy books, movies, and comics, far prefering historical fiction or fantasy stories that are closer to Tolkein (with is very strong reality-base). As such, I prefer more "realistic fantasy": villages that are very small scale, few "large" cities (2000+), very little social mobility, mistrust of outsiders and the unknown, etc.

Certainly there are no magic shops.

The path of the hero is not an easy one.

 

[MoogleEmpMog]

10

It's all about the 100-ton ships in space, planets serving as eggs for titanic pre-human creatures, hurling fireballs from outstretched fingertips, wuxia leaping across 100 ft. chasms with magical cutlass and six-barrelled hand cannon in hand, overwhelming psionic powers, swashbuckling storm giant romance, climactic battles between orcs and elves where you're not sure who to root for, beholder private eyes, half-vampire half-elf smugglers running blockades of living ships...

 

[lukelightning]

My hate of the monk is mechanical, not historical.

Heh, I pictured your PC, upon meeting a monk: "Don't take it personally; I don't hate you as a person, just what you can (can't) do."

 

[Man in the Funny Hat]

Voted 8. It's a fantasy game but works better when it much of it has a decent grounding in reality to help in suspension of disbelief. However, many elements of fantasy will gleefully violate this. Where possible/practical I well rule in favor of reality, but "It's magic/fantasy" remains the ultimate trump card.

 

[Turanil]

As expected the answer #7 got the most response. Surveys have shown that out of a gradation of 1 to 10, the choice #7 is the one most likely to be prevalent, whatever this gradation may be about.

Anyway, I voted 5 but this doesn't mean anything, as I like a grim and gritty setting, with some historical basis, but which is yet fantastical (at least my definition of what is fantastical anyway).

 

[Quasqueton]

As expected the answer #7 got the most response. Surveys have shown that out of a gradation of 1 to 10, the choice #7 is the one most likely to be prevalent, whatever this gradation may be about.

Is you D&D campaign a game or story?
http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=163206

Item #7 got 8.23%, beat out by
#5 with 29.00%
#8 with 20.78%
#3 with 12.55%
#4
#2


How do you handle in-game travel time?
http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=162541

Item #7 got 6.25%, beat out by
#5 with 32.50%
#3 with 20.00%
#4 with 18.75%
#6


So those “surveys” aren’t real accurate.

Quasqueton