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The Colonel · 05-06-2019, 01:46 PM

A post apocalyptic setting helps a bit - at least to explain the plethora of ruins filled with monsters and treasure, but to be honest the whole performance relies on all sorts of mutually incompatible bits taped together in a spirit of cheerful ignorance.
There are a couple of honest attempts to establish verisimilitude using D&D rules - Expeditious Retreat Press have made brave efforts with their Magical Medieval Society - but they have to rely on some canon that was simply pulled out of someone's butt because it simply didn't occur to them that it needed to work consistently in an economic system.

05-06-2019, 01:46 PM	#8
The Colonel Join Date: Jul 2006	Re: What could a D&D like setting realistically look like? A post apocalyptic setting helps a bit - at least to explain the plethora of ruins filled with monsters and treasure, but to be honest the whole performance relies on all sorts of mutually incompatible bits taped together in a spirit of cheerful ignorance. There are a couple of honest attempts to establish verisimilitude using D&D rules - Expeditious Retreat Press have made brave efforts with their Magical Medieval Society - but they have to rely on some canon that was simply pulled out of someone's butt because it simply didn't occur to them that it needed to work consistently in an economic system.