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I'm not sure who this is for. Amazon accidentally released new D&D setting book info

Started by thedungeondelver, July 22, 2018, 05:24:14 PM

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Brand55

#15
July 28, 2018, 01:40:10 AM
Quote from: Eric Diaz;1050660Ravnica has parks, ruins, etc, and also a guild who is a all about recycling food and growing mushrooms, and another one that seems to be and endless fountain of life. Presumably, plenty of algae too.

It's mentioned somewhere that some people just CONJURE they food, but it hurts my suspension of disbelief too, way more than a simple fireball - maybe because "creating matter from nowhere" seems to me to be more miracle than magic... Also because in Earthsea stories bread created by magic wouldn't satiate hunger etc.
I could maybe see them get enough food if the population density isn't crazy high, though it would still be tough. But how would such a city about? Does it have a magical origin or a more mundane one? How do they get clothing? Ink and paper? Metal for their weapons? With no major bodies of water, how does the climate work and just where do they get enough drinking water? And so on and so forth. Food is just the tip of the iceberg, albeit an important tip. I'm curious how deeply the book will delve into setting details like that or if such things will mostly be waved off as magical.

thedungeondelver

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July 28, 2018, 12:10:12 PM
Create Food and Drink has been a thing in D&D since the beginning.
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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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Rhedyn

#17
July 28, 2018, 12:23:20 PM
Oh hey, a 5e book that I may port to another game.

Brand55

#18
July 28, 2018, 02:12:42 PM
Quote from: thedungeondelver;1050696Create Food and Drink has been a thing in D&D since the beginning.
Ravnica hasn't. So now it needs to go from just being a backdrop that's used as background flavor on some cards to being a livable, immersive environment that makes sense. If WotC doesn't address that in some way, even if it is just handwaving away issues through magic, it'll hurt the setting.

S'mon

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July 28, 2018, 06:14:20 PM
A world-spanning city means a trillion or more people and (barring super high tech/magic) nowhere to grow food. Too silly for me. I have trouble with much smaller fantasy megalopoli.

Omega

#20
July 28, 2018, 07:06:20 PM
Quote from: S'mon;1050710A world-spanning city means a trillion or more people and (barring super high tech/magic) nowhere to grow food. Too silly for me. I have trouble with much smaller fantasy megalopoli.

Ummm... Ever heard of Hydroponics? Farms(open, enclosed, or underground)? Importing?

Apparently not.

And that is not even taking into account magic.

All they need are a few self sustaining large scale operations to keep the whole thing going. And obviously those things do exist somewhere in the background as the place isnt a depopulated ruin.

There also has to be extensive hydroponics or other systems just to maintain a breathable atmosphere for so many.

Its rather pathetic how many gamers need their hands held for even the most basic logic gates and cant parse it unless told something exists.

KingCheops

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July 28, 2018, 07:10:51 PM
A quick perusal of the MtG wiki shows me that there are lots of "reclaimed" zones, rubble, and some actual wilderness.  There's a whole guild dedicated to agriculture so it seems like some thought has been put into this.  It's also described as a "pocket-dimension" so no idea if that means it is smaller or bigger than earth and what magnitude of difference.
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