Is Dwilight SMA or low fantasy SMA?

[Cren]

This thing has been bugging me for weeks so I brought up this thread. Dwilight is officially designated as SMA though many non SMA things occur too. Anyway, can we use low fantasy genre terms, things, etc in unit naming, roleplays and as such?

[Anaris]

SMA doesn't mean "the continent and what is presented to your characters have to conform to what existed in Medieval Europe."

SMA means "whatever your characters encounter, they have to react as if they were nobles in Medieval Europe(-ish)."

So there's no problem with having demons, monsters and undead in SMA. For one thing, medieval nobles believed that these things existed.

You just have to roleplay your characters in an appropriate manner.

For stuff you do, you can talk about there being magic, much as medieval nobles would have, but it's really not done to have a roleplay in which magic happens.

You can certainly have a roleplay in which your character thinks magic happens.

(It would be easier to answer your question clearly if you were more specific about it.)

[GoldPanda]

If it's kosher at a Ren Faire, it's probably kosher in Dwilight.

[Anaris]

If it's kosher at a Ren Faire, it's probably kosher in Dwilight.

I...think that depends on your RenFaire.

[Cren]

Thanks for answering my query. I took SMA the other way round previously.

[Iltaran]

For stuff you do, you can talk about there being magic, much as medieval nobles would have, but it's really not done to have a roleplay in which magic happens.

Unless of course, magic actually has happened.

[GoldPanda]

I...think that depends on your RenFaire.

What kind of RenFaires do you go to?  :o

[Draco Tanos]

I've heard of people going to Ren Faires basically dressed up as quasi-modern Victorian hookers.  Because they're idiots.  I mean...  Because that's what they think people wore back then.  Fishnets and all.

Yes, people are stupid when it comes to history. :(

[Anaris]

What kind of RenFaires do you go to?  :o

There are plenty of people who go to RenFaires dressed as fairies. Or wizards. Or sillier things.

[Perth]

There are plenty of people who go to RenFaires dressed as fairies. Or wizards. Or sillier things.

I think you're thinking of ComicCon....

[Anaris]

I think you're thinking of ComicCon....

Really? You think I don't know what I'm seeing when I'm at a Renaissance Faire? You think I could somehow confuse the outdoor, pre-industrial setting with a lady dressed up as Queen Elizabeth I holding court and leading a parade, and people in actual armour on actual horses jousting—with an indoor, modern convention, on the other side of the country, full of people dressed as Sephiroth and Lightning and Wolverine that I've never been to?

Yes, people come to Renaissance Faires dressed as fairies and witches and wizards and other silly things. There's a guy who comes to the Sterling RenFaire in upstate NY every year dressed as Link, complete with the proper sword, shield, and pointy ears.

[Perth]

Dude... sorry...

It was just a joke...

I didn't mean to insult your connoisseurship of Renaissance Fairs... 

[Anaris]

Dude... sorry...

It was just a joke...

That's what emoticons are for, mate ;D

You sounded like you were skeptical that RenFaires had non-period-appropriate-costumed people at them.

[GoldPanda]

I think Link would be fine on Dwilight, if roleplayed properly.  ;)

[Anaris]

I think Link would be fine on Dwilight, if roleplayed properly.  ;)

Please try to keep your instincts to troll in check in a thread like this. Newbies might read it and think you were serious.