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[–] Flushmaster@ttrpg.network 37 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

The biggest thing that irritates me from this is the implication that anybody is arguing for "historical accuracy" to medieval Europe in a setting that has dragons and goblins that shoot lightning from their fingertips. If, for whatever weird reason, the DM doesn't want potatoes to exist that's okay, but you're not waiting for the Columbian exchange to bring them over from the Americas because the Americas don't exist here. If you have a player character that's a shape shifting sentient blob who casts illusions and is on a quest to seduce every milliner they can find then a plain tasting sausage made from fine ground questionable cuts of meat shouldn't be seen as a stretch.

Additionally, as someone who majored in History in college, I can assure you that most people insisting on "historical accuracy" on any one or two things they learned from a tweet or a tiktok about are almost definitely getting fifteen other things wrong in any given session.

[–] stingpie@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I think one could argue that fantasy isn't based on the reality of the medieval ages, but on the collective beliefs and myths of that era.

As a side effect, though, the countryside would probably be filled with giant snails that you'd have to fight.

[–] Flushmaster@ttrpg.network 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'm putting giant snails into my homebrew world now. It's a skypunk setting so I just have to decide if the snails are native to a specific cloud enshrouded plateau, a flying nuisance species of blimp-mollusks, or an invasive species that shows up everywhere. Maybe all of the above.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Flying parasitic mosquito snails.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

All of the above

[–] owen@lemmy.ca 8 points 8 months ago

...which sounds awesome...

[–] Archpawn@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

It's based on Lord of the Rings.

[–] TerrificTadpole@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

People want to feel like they're in a historic setting, but they also want dragons and potatoes. 🤷‍♂️

[–] Attaxalotl@ttrpg.network 4 points 8 months ago

Dragons were probably based on dinosaur bones, so the potatoes are somehow the less accurate of the two