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<blockquote data-quote="Wolv0rine" data-source="post: 3526305" data-attributes="member: 9045">Oh now you're just being pedantic.&nbsp; Seriously, saying that a dragon couldn't fly in the really-real world so why bother to make it look like IF it were real and IF such a creature could in fact fly then it would have been biologically constructed correctly to do so is just silly.&nbsp; The question is one of If/Then, not &quot;But it ain't REAL, man&quot;.&nbsp; IF this were possible, THEN it would be like this.&nbsp; IF a dinosaur could fly, THEN it would have to have it's flying assembly like so to do it in the way we understand flight.The same with the weapons.&nbsp; I don't think the complaint here has been about weapons that never existed so much, the complaint is about weapons that HAVE existed being presented badly or just outright wrong.&nbsp; It'd be like having an entry in the Monster Manual for &quot;Chicken&quot; and the illustration shows the thing with lips.&nbsp; Chickens are real, chickens don't have lips.&nbsp; If this is supposed to be a chicken, it can't have lips.&nbsp; If it does have lips then you dropped the ball with extreme prejudice in CALLING it a chicken.&nbsp; So, if you have a weapon called a rapier in the PH, then the illo. of that rapier is either Right, or it's Wrong.&nbsp; There is no room for interpretation.&nbsp; That illo. is wrong on multiple levels, and what it depicts is in no way a rapier.There's being concerned with Historical Accuracy, and then there's just simply being concerned with Accuracy in general.Oh, and as far as&nbsp; &quot;No edition of the game has given the slightest toss about historical accuracy. Certainly not in the art&quot; goes...&nbsp; 1E certainly Did take time out to try to give accuracy in both content and art if in no other place than the list (illustrated, mind you) of the various Pole Arms.&nbsp; Man I used to read through those entries and leaf through those illos for hours, just being fascinated that someone had put that much work into it.&nbsp; Granted, the art overall was seat-of-the-pants and fancy free as far as being historically accurate, but there was more than &quot;the slightest nod&quot;.&nbsp; Just &quot;A Paladin In Hell&quot; gives pts to accuracy.&nbsp; That was a well-done suit of plate armor, right there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wolv0rine, post: 3526305, member: 9045"] Oh now you're just being pedantic. Seriously, saying that a dragon couldn't fly in the really-real world so why bother to make it look like IF it were real and IF such a creature could in fact fly then it would have been biologically constructed correctly to do so is just silly. The question is one of If/Then, not "But it ain't REAL, man". IF this were possible, THEN it would be like this. IF a dinosaur could fly, THEN it would have to have it's flying assembly like so to do it in the way we understand flight. The same with the weapons. I don't think the complaint here has been about weapons that never existed so much, the complaint is about weapons that HAVE existed being presented badly or just outright wrong. It'd be like having an entry in the Monster Manual for "Chicken" and the illustration shows the thing with lips. Chickens are real, chickens don't have lips. If this is supposed to be a chicken, it can't have lips. If it does have lips then you dropped the ball with extreme prejudice in CALLING it a chicken. So, if you have a weapon called a rapier in the PH, then the illo. of that rapier is either Right, or it's Wrong. There is no room for interpretation. That illo. is wrong on multiple levels, and what it depicts is in no way a rapier. There's being concerned with Historical Accuracy, and then there's just simply being concerned with Accuracy in general. Oh, and as far as "No edition of the game has given the slightest toss about historical accuracy. Certainly not in the art" goes... 1E certainly Did take time out to try to give accuracy in both content and art [u]if in no other place[/u] than the list (illustrated, mind you) of the various Pole Arms. Man I used to read through those entries and leaf through those illos for hours, just being fascinated that someone had put that much work into it. Granted, the art overall was seat-of-the-pants and fancy free as far as being historically accurate, but there was more than "the slightest nod". Just "A Paladin In Hell" gives pts to accuracy. That was a well-done suit of plate armor, right there. [/QUOTE]

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