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This proves that space travel is unsafe! Stick to the horses, people.
'Shroomfest (Round 8) - FANTASY vs SCI-FI
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Man I should probably whip up a post now huh.
To be quite honest I could go either side in this. However, as someone who's been playing a looooot of Dungeons and Dragons lately, I kinda have to go Team Fantasy on this one!
Theoretically you could set a DnD campaign anywhere, even in space if you so desired. However, I think it works best when a campaign is set up in a fantastical world of the DM's own creation! Of course there are also some campaign settings written by certain publishing companies, but many of these also take place in worlds that lean into the fantasy and magical aspect of DnD.
Speaking of magic, there are some really cool spells in DnD that have all kinds of neat effects. You can use spells to create water, set secret traps for your enemies, heal your allies, and more! (My personal favorite spell, at least in combat, is Moonbeam if you're wondering) If you can think of it, there is probably a spell for it. Lots of classes in DnD have access to these spells! My current favorite is Druid, I really like having the powers of nature at my disposal, many of which come from different spells. Also a big fan of some of the subclasses they added in the 2024 Players Handbook. They beefed up some of the spells in the new book too!!! Magic and spellcasting my beloved......... (Can you tell I mainly play spellcasters oops)
You have lots of options for character races that lean into the fantasy aspect too!! Elves, dwarves, dragonborns, tieflings, just to name a few!
Also I'm 99% sure Lord of the Rings got mentioned earlier so I'm just gonna say it: the story and adventure of it feels like a DnD campaign before DnD was a thing (you cannot change my mind)
(Also if someone made a post about DnD already IM SORRYYYY I've been super busy
but I knew I wanted to make this post)
To be quite honest I could go either side in this. However, as someone who's been playing a looooot of Dungeons and Dragons lately, I kinda have to go Team Fantasy on this one!
Theoretically you could set a DnD campaign anywhere, even in space if you so desired. However, I think it works best when a campaign is set up in a fantastical world of the DM's own creation! Of course there are also some campaign settings written by certain publishing companies, but many of these also take place in worlds that lean into the fantasy and magical aspect of DnD.
Speaking of magic, there are some really cool spells in DnD that have all kinds of neat effects. You can use spells to create water, set secret traps for your enemies, heal your allies, and more! (My personal favorite spell, at least in combat, is Moonbeam if you're wondering) If you can think of it, there is probably a spell for it. Lots of classes in DnD have access to these spells! My current favorite is Druid, I really like having the powers of nature at my disposal, many of which come from different spells. Also a big fan of some of the subclasses they added in the 2024 Players Handbook. They beefed up some of the spells in the new book too!!! Magic and spellcasting my beloved......... (Can you tell I mainly play spellcasters oops)
You have lots of options for character races that lean into the fantasy aspect too!! Elves, dwarves, dragonborns, tieflings, just to name a few!
Also I'm 99% sure Lord of the Rings got mentioned earlier so I'm just gonna say it: the story and adventure of it feels like a DnD campaign before DnD was a thing (you cannot change my mind)
(Also if someone made a post about DnD already IM SORRYYYY I've been super busy
but I knew I wanted to make this post)
Sentient freedom
Goomba
Another reason why Fantasy is the better of the two is because of horses, they are the most destructive animal if you happen to run into one. Observe this video from Frosted_Derp, which shows how a poor man dies to a horse and now has to have his overall fate determined by a wheel.
Also, Waluigi Time, if you see this, just remember sci-fi is unpredictable and wild, just like this wheel that won't be nice to sci-fi users in purgatory.