Post ApXiBTwrpdfNj3GnGC by lextenebris@social.vivaldi.net
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 (DIR) Post #ApWvQOcL2W1bmV9Koi by lextenebris@social.vivaldi.net
       2024-12-29T06:54:05Z
       
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       When you ask the question, “What would be the fantasy equivalent of oil as a resource?” we have to talk about what oil really is as a resource and why it's narratively interesting.https://grimtokens.garden/Thoughts/The+Oil+of+Fantasy+-+Lubing+Up+War+and+Culture#TTRPG #writing #fantasy
       
 (DIR) Post #ApXEd4AqG1lrGq2l1M by Hcobb@spacey.space
       2024-12-29T10:29:15Z
       
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       @lextenebris The oil must flow, but the sleeping religion must not awaken!
       
 (DIR) Post #ApXEpeqHkcNsTFQruS by Hcobb@spacey.space
       2024-12-29T10:31:33Z
       
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       @lextenebris Magic works, but it's powered by turning gold into lead.
       
 (DIR) Post #ApXi2M7xXcEQrY6ey8 by lextenebris@social.vivaldi.net
       2024-12-29T15:58:49Z
       
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       @Hcobb Waking up sleepers is part of the best bit of exploiting your resources. What's the point of even doing it if you're not shaking someone really hard?
       
 (DIR) Post #ApXiBTwrpdfNj3GnGC by lextenebris@social.vivaldi.net
       2024-12-29T16:00:25Z
       
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       @Hcobb So now you have a massive infrastructure devoted and dedicated to getting gold from outside the kingdom into it and channeling it to the mages who can actually work this transformation: massive magical smelteries, where gold is converted into lead which then needs to either be used or disposed of, keeping in mind that it is a toxic material.I can work with this #TTRPG
       
 (DIR) Post #Apbzlqf5L0GoRnicZU by mystech@mstdn.party
       2024-12-31T17:36:20Z
       
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       @lextenebris Magic is the quick and dirty answer, but if we are talking medieval era fantasy I'm still going to stick with the historical and say "food / arable land" (even with magic cutting corners).  In real world, analogous "tech level", 70% or more of many societies simple produced food to feed the civilization.  There is a great fantasy TTRPG book called "Grain Into Gold" by Board Enterprises which really made me think about the mundane drivers of even fantasy civilizations.