D&D 5E (2014) Let's Talk About Guns in 5E

[Remathilis]

Link legend of zelda is in one of the SC games too if i'm not getting my series mixed up.

He made a guest appearance. So has Spawn, Heihachi, Eizo, 2B, Geralt, Kratos and Darth Vader and Yoda. So guests are wild as far as that goes.

 

[TwoSix]

So if 1586 is "medieval", then we might agree. If it's not, then I don't think we can call D&D or Soul Calibur medieval...

Agreed. To this day, Soul Calibur is the template in my mind for what D&D-style martial classes should look like.

 

[James Gasik]

What Remathilis said.

 

[Laurefindel]

One of my favorite video game series was Soul Calibur. A fantasy weapon-based fighting game series where heroes were pulled from all across genres of fantasy. Some of the main characters included:

• A baker girl turned champion of Haephestus.
• A Holy Roman Empire knight.
• A ninja demon hunter
• A samurai
• A shou-lin monk
• A tribesman from the New World
• A Spanish pirate
• A French nobleman swashbuckler

What year was the games set in? 1586. And the pirate has a gun built in the hilt of his sword that was used to wound the priestess of the Greek God.

There is no way that realistically those characters could meet up at that period in history. But SC doesn't care about historical accuracy (if the lizard person is giant golem fighters didn't give that away). Still, I would not really call the game medieval either. To me, it is a fantasy aesthetic that grabs elements from across eras and mixes them with the vaguest veneer of plausibility. D&D does the same.

So if 1586 is "medieval", then we might agree. If it's not, then I don't think we can call D&D or Soul Calibur medieval...

Oh yes, Soul Calibur is peak medieval fantasy

 

[saviirkad]

So if 1586 is "medieval", then we might agree. If it's not, then I don't think we can call D&D or Soul Calibur medieval...

IIRC that is just outside of the Medieval period, but within the Renaissance era, the beginning of which overlapping with the last part of the former.

But I thought it was generally accepted that D&D was Renaissance. At least current D&D. It's certainly the most common era I've seen applied in online conversations. It's not been the era of my games but that's a different matter entirely.

 

[Remathilis]

Oh yes, Soul Calibur is peak medieval fantasy

Just out of curiosity, when did the medieval era end for you?