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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 9365839" data-attributes="member: 6796661">I wouldn't try to peg it to 1400. It is a fantasy world and way to anachronistic to try to map to IRL history. And the level of social and technical advancement varies greatly from one setting to another, one area in a setting to another, and even one adventure to another. Further, through nearly all of human history you couldn't just kill someone without repercussions.&nbsp; That's what, to me, makes D&amp;D seem more like a western with adventering out on in the lawless frontier. And adventure's niche is in the wilderness, newly settled borderland areas, in failed states, in the midst of warring states or dysfunctional areas. The time period you try to map it to matter much less.&nbsp; Giving it a medieval, renaissance, or age of sail veneer, just puts it far enough into the past to take us out of the world we live in. I think it is a mistake to be focused on making a &quot;D&amp;D&quot; movie or TV series and we should be thinking more in terms of making a Forgotten Realms, or Dragonlance, or Ravnica, or Eberron show.&nbsp; I'd prefer Ravnica or Erberron in terms of the world building, but FR or Dragonlance has more lore to draw upon.&nbsp; I just worry that at this point of time, it will be hard to distinguish FR and Dragonlance from the many other fantasy films and shows.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 9365839, member: 6796661"] I wouldn't try to peg it to 1400. It is a fantasy world and way to anachronistic to try to map to IRL history. And the level of social and technical advancement varies greatly from one setting to another, one area in a setting to another, and even one adventure to another. Further, through nearly all of human history you couldn't just kill someone without repercussions. That's what, to me, makes D&D seem more like a western with adventering out on in the lawless frontier. And adventure's niche is in the wilderness, newly settled borderland areas, in failed states, in the midst of warring states or dysfunctional areas. The time period you try to map it to matter much less. Giving it a medieval, renaissance, or age of sail veneer, just puts it far enough into the past to take us out of the world we live in. I think it is a mistake to be focused on making a "D&D" movie or TV series and we should be thinking more in terms of making a Forgotten Realms, or Dragonlance, or Ravnica, or Eberron show. I'd prefer Ravnica or Erberron in terms of the world building, but FR or Dragonlance has more lore to draw upon. I just worry that at this point of time, it will be hard to distinguish FR and Dragonlance from the many other fantasy films and shows. [/QUOTE]

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