D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll)

[Paul Farquhar]

You seem to be having trouble with the notion of "steampunk aesthetic." If you aren't looking at current D&D and noticing a steampunk vibe to a lot of the art, then I guess we're seeing different things.

No, it that you haven’t a clue what Victorian looks like.

Or is this like a gatekeeping thing,

No, it’s a using the right name for something thing.

 

[The Soloist]

No. The default D&D setting is mostly War of the Roses (1455-1487) with magic, faeries, monsters, dragons & black powder guns (and ray guns in some old modules). It's a unique collage, with some elasticity.