D&D General D&D: Literally Don't Understand This

[Not a Decepticon]

Is anybody under 30 playing Skyrim? I would be shocked if that's the fantasy touchstone of the new generation of gamers. I'd expect something more like, Genshin Impact or the Demon Hunters anime.

Considering Skyrim got released on every platform that came since it's debut, I'd wager someone plays it. Genshin Impact is a good suggestion, but as for "demon hutners anime",

 

[Micah Sweet]

Top Ballista is geniuelly one of best parts of the setting.

Also, didn't Orcs of Thar have things like Orcs inventing beatbox radios and breakdancing and Bugbears living in parody of 80's suburbia?

What the heck is Top Ballista?

 

[Crimson Longinus]

Lumping XIX Century into one bag with XXI one is fundamentally silly.

No, my mindset is that you cannot do the opposite and lump everything after vaguelly-defined "dark ages" (which somehow always encapsullate time from ancient rome up to XVII Century all put together like a big anachronsitic puzzle) into "modern times".

I am not lumping them together, except in a sense that they are too modern for pseudo-medieval D&D. Further demarcation within this group is not relevant in this context.

Well the images it conjures are incorrect, it's just based on layman assumptions and not facts since all these things are older than modern world.

No, it is just that you do not understand the history. You seem to think that because there was glass in antiquity and because there have been things that can be considered museum for a long time, a modern museums with exhibits behind glass panes existed in the middle ages. It is like earlier in the thread people argued that a modern high-heeled shoe was not anachronistic because some sort of footwear with heels have existed for quite a while.

Strawman argument.

It seemed to fit.

And blaming it on the adventure for making a comment that put them out off the game.

The adventure described a modern museum, the player made a sensible question given the context. As the museum obviously was not medieval, then it makes sense to check how far this anachronism goes.

Ok, so no Beholders, no Mind Flayers, no Owlbears, no Intellect Devourers, no Rust Monsters, no Kobolds, no Goblins, no Hobgoblins, no Bugbears, no Tasha's Highteous Laughter, no Tenser's Transformation, no Tenser's Floating Disc, no Melf the Elf, no Warduke, no Bigby's hand spells....at this point are you even playing D&D?

Most of these are not inherently silly. Granted, some depictions of them have been, and personally I'd tone that down.

 

[Chaltab]

What the heck is Top Ballista?

The Mystara book about the Gnomish biplanes.

On a side note: Mystara flippin rules and WOTC are cowards for not bringing it back.

 

[Gradine]

I feel like when a thread reaches the point where people are referencing the Orcs of Thar then we've run it into the ground as hard as we possibly could

 

[Older Beholder]

I made the mistake of looking at the linked Twitter post.
You could almost hear a loudspeaker announcing: LET THE GATEKEEPING BEGIN! as the page loaded up.

Makes me appreciate the moderation here on these boards.

 

[BrokenTwin]

Considering Skyrim got released on every platform that came since it's debut, I'd wager someone plays it. Genshin Impact is a good suggestion, but as for "demon hutners anime",

In a great example of how badly I'm in touch with modern shonen, I was thinking of Demon Slayers. Considering it's literally record breaking in the current year, seems like a good touchstone reference.

'It's Not Going To Stop': Demon Slayer Is Now Breaking Records In Another Country

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle arc is still setting new records.

gamerant.com

 

[Older Beholder]

I feel like when a thread reaches the point where people are referencing the Orcs of Thar then we've run it into the ground as hard as we possibly could

That’s when you know things have gone too Thar.

 

[Gradine]

Oh yeah, my kiddo has been on the Demon Slayer bandwagon for a while now

 

[Azzy]

The Mystara book about the Gnomish biplanes.

On a side note: Mystara flippin rules and WOTC are cowards for not bringing it back.

Mystara, most of all settings, certainly embraced the wacky and anachronistic.