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D&D was highly customizable, so it was as medieval as you wanted. Some of the sourcebooks were extremely accurate in describing the Middle Ages. Others didn’t
by pyuser583 2y ago
D&D was highly customizable, so it was as medieval as you wanted.
Some of the sourcebooks were extremely accurate in describing the Middle Ages. Others didn’t even try.
I do like the articles core criticism: the goal of D&D is social advancement.
D&D always was a Western at heart. A group of desperadoes going town to town taking up jobs and fighting the baddies.
- jeltz 2y agoWhen did that change? Because I have played since ADnD 2nd Edition and I do not think it has ever been highly customizable. Customizable? Yes, but not highly so.
- jghn 2y ago1e literally had examples on how to blend the game with other games such as Boot Hill, Gamma World, etc.
- jeltz 2y agoI never played 1e, I started with ADnD 2e.
- jghn 2y agoYeah, things started shifting with 2e and that shift kept going further and further. With Forgotten Realms it shifted from more of a pulp swords & sorcery to a medieval-ish Tolkien-esque environment. Over time it shifted from low fantasy to high fantasy. And not only did the theming start to solidify, but over time the tropes arguably became self-reinforcing.
- ourmandave 2y agoWe played all three but never combined them. They have guns and smoke powder in 5e and it just doesn't feel right. Game of Thrones with cowboys carrying torc grenades?
- jghn 2y agoI feel like as the game evolved to fit more of a trope-y Tolkienesque quasi-medieval setting it definitely got more and more out of place. 1e, especially earlier on, and before was much more of a genre mishmash. Fantasy in the truest sense. We never combined them either but I did find it cool that the 1e DMG gave explicit advice on how to do so. Heck, there was even that one module where the characters can find laser weapons. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_to_the_Barrier_Peaks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_to_the_Barrier_Peak...
- cthalupa 2y ago> They have guns and smoke powder in 5e and it just doesn't feel right. One of the settings for the game that became OD&D included far-future alien technology (Blackmoor), so there's long been precedent.
- zahlman 2y agoEvery campaign I can remember from that era was customized enough that the players and DM would joke about it being "2.5e".