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Capheind

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I roll #dice, weird dice. #BX till I Die!

I love #Roleplaying #Games, #Fudge, #Fate, Some of the #OSR, Indy stuff, most things that aren't WotC era D&D.

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Capheind , to random
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Any old fans out there remember what the fake celts/scots were called? I remember there being a region of tartan barbarian clans.

Jackgiantkiller , to random
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#Worldbuilding prompt 1/13/24
Does your fantasy setting include firearms? Why not? Given that the tech used to make full plate and rapiers came after we'd been using guns for a while, what happened to keep folks from using gunpowder in your world? If you want to be more in line with history, you need to explain the lack of firearms more than their presence.
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Capheind ,
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@Jackgiantkiller The Mystara solution*: every fighter walks around in late period plate thats clearly designed to protect them from something, but nobody can quite remember what. It's like a weird gun shaped hole in everybody's head that only fills in when you leave the region. Who needs almighty gods when you can have fallible meddling immortals bumbling around.

*Yes, there are guns in Mystara, but where there aren't, it's usually cause some diety-cosplayer has forced everyone to forget. Like how half the issues with the Savage Coast stem from the immortals attempt to hide the existence of that settings Ancient Egypt for "reasons".

Capheind ,
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@Jackgiantkiller Mystara doesn't so much have lore as it has duct tape forcing together a hodge podge of early TSR products into a setting. It even has its own Blackmoor to make that even more confusing. Just like Gary's published Blackmoor campaign, it also has almost nothing to do with his famous long-running home campaign. It's the best.

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