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I don’t want to die everytime i take on equally armed opponents and there happens to be a few more of them than me.

I want to be the badass who can take on 6 or 7 guys at once and win, which isn’t how things go, but it sure is fun in a game ;D

There would probably be a way to make it work design wise, but i would rather have a decent story and fun game than historical accuracy for it’s own sake.

]]> By: meji http://games.on.net/2012/08/d20-why-historically-accurate-rpgs-are-so-hard-to-do/#comment-3558 meji Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:49:05 +0000 http://games.on.net/?p=3052#comment-3558 Back in the day I actually really enjoyed the game Lionheart (even with it’s flaws) that had a great mix of real history and fantasy. Felt a lot more “real” than most RPG’s out there but you could still lay the magic smackdown if required.

I’m not sure if I would enjoy a true historic RPG that was true to everything, kind of annoying to die of dysentery or syphillis lol

]]> By: tajin http://games.on.net/2012/08/d20-why-historically-accurate-rpgs-are-so-hard-to-do/#comment-3539 tajin Tue, 14 Aug 2012 08:28:44 +0000 http://games.on.net/?p=3052#comment-3539

Fight 1 group of people, 1 arrow hits you, you die game over.

Well, that is exactly how M&B works xD

]]> By: nudge http://games.on.net/2012/08/d20-why-historically-accurate-rpgs-are-so-hard-to-do/#comment-3448 nudge Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:41:34 +0000 http://games.on.net/?p=3052#comment-3448 Historically accurate RPG – You clear out rats from your shed for your father (as all RPG’s start with rat killing) Gain level 2. Fight 1 group of people, 1 arrow hits you, you die game over. You need some element of fantasy to make it believable that you can survive a level of damage.

]]> By: yeapal http://games.on.net/2012/08/d20-why-historically-accurate-rpgs-are-so-hard-to-do/#comment-3442 yeapal Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:37:12 +0000 http://games.on.net/?p=3052#comment-3442 vcatkiller,

RIDGEEEEEEEEEE RACERRRRRRRRRRR

]]> By: tajin http://games.on.net/2012/08/d20-why-historically-accurate-rpgs-are-so-hard-to-do/#comment-3438 tajin Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:15:01 +0000 http://games.on.net/?p=3052#comment-3438 I simply love how M&B does it, both with the original, warband and fire&sword. The way to glory is a long one, with many setbacks but thats worth it.

]]> By: spkypwnsuall http://games.on.net/2012/08/d20-why-historically-accurate-rpgs-are-so-hard-to-do/#comment-3431 spkypwnsuall Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:09:16 +0000 http://games.on.net/?p=3052#comment-3431 Always the Assassins Creed approach; Realistic Setting, semi-realistic game-play *cough*, all you need is the story to follow some sort of realistic concept.

]]> By: coatsy22 http://games.on.net/2012/08/d20-why-historically-accurate-rpgs-are-so-hard-to-do/#comment-3427 coatsy22 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 07:47:29 +0000 http://games.on.net/?p=3052#comment-3427 Or they could just expand into the fantasy genre of ‘low fantasy’ instead, since historical accuracy as discussed in the article is just silly given how many holes we have in historical information.

‘low fantasy’ is basically a new fictional world and story, but with only ‘abilities’ people had from actual history – ie no magic

]]> By: vcatkiller http://games.on.net/2012/08/d20-why-historically-accurate-rpgs-are-so-hard-to-do/#comment-3421 vcatkiller Mon, 13 Aug 2012 07:06:52 +0000 http://games.on.net/?p=3052#comment-3421 Perhaps you could set the game in feudal Japan so you can have giant enemy crabs as random encounters? :P

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