Everyone who does FRPG #WorldBuilding dips into history, to varying degrees, and applies or ignores it, to varying degrees. Specific interests exert heavy gravity:
History: "He led the expedition with twenty armed valets and two-dozen crossbowmen."
Me: Cannot possibly give a shit SHUTTUP WITH THIS BORING CRAP.
History: "Innkeepers often took responsibility for elder care in their neighborhoods, even to the extent of --"
Me: OMFG YES GIMME GIMME MINE MINE MINE.
