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Do castles make sense in a world of dragons & spells?
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<blockquote data-quote="countgray" data-source="post: 5120179" data-attributes="member: 18338"><p>Sadly, the Pegasus brand has become genericized, and now applies to all avian equines. Pegasus tried to enforce his trademark in Pegasus v. Gygax 1979, but lost on appeal to the 3rd circuit. While there may have been only one Pegasus, there are now many, many pegasi.Well, for the purposes of this thread, we shall assume a world with creatures, spells and magic comparable to that of D&D, specifically that which can be found in the Monster Manual(s), Players Handbook(s) and DM's Guide(s) of whatever edition you prefer. The purpose of the fortress is to defend the inhabitants against the same. I think that gives us a good point of reference for discussion.</p><p></p><p>No point in discussing low-magic worlds. We will stipulate that, in low-magic worlds, castles can remain the same as always and thus low-magic worlds need not be further mentioned in this thread.Granted that is true, but I'm not really interested in talking about how the DM or the author wishes it to be, or needs it to be to serve dramatic purposes, rather, I am interested in how a hypothetical society that lived in a world governed by D&D rules as their physical laws and their everyday reality, would realistically (to the extent we can imagine it) defend against the hazards and perils such a system would impose.Point taken. For the purposes of this thread, let's assume the something of value to protect would be the lives of the defenders under siege in the castle. While you are right that those defenders cannot do everything everywhere theoretically possible, I am just interested in what they could practically do to defend against a broad range of attacks that are available to evil conquerors under D&D rules.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="countgray, post: 5120179, member: 18338"] Sadly, the Pegasus brand has become genericized, and now applies to all avian equines. Pegasus tried to enforce his trademark in Pegasus v. Gygax 1979, but lost on appeal to the 3rd circuit. While there may have been only one Pegasus, there are now many, many pegasi.Well, for the purposes of this thread, we shall assume a world with creatures, spells and magic comparable to that of D&D, specifically that which can be found in the Monster Manual(s), Players Handbook(s) and DM's Guide(s) of whatever edition you prefer. The purpose of the fortress is to defend the inhabitants against the same. I think that gives us a good point of reference for discussion. No point in discussing low-magic worlds. We will stipulate that, in low-magic worlds, castles can remain the same as always and thus low-magic worlds need not be further mentioned in this thread.Granted that is true, but I'm not really interested in talking about how the DM or the author wishes it to be, or needs it to be to serve dramatic purposes, rather, I am interested in how a hypothetical society that lived in a world governed by D&D rules as their physical laws and their everyday reality, would realistically (to the extent we can imagine it) defend against the hazards and perils such a system would impose.Point taken. For the purposes of this thread, let's assume the something of value to protect would be the lives of the defenders under siege in the castle. While you are right that those defenders cannot do everything everywhere theoretically possible, I am just interested in what they could practically do to defend against a broad range of attacks that are available to evil conquerors under D&D rules. [/QUOTE]
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