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southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 months agoWhy do people think this? Like, I’m not mad at you, just amazed at how common this belief is.
Wheelchairs were around, and in use on surfaces that were abysmal in comparison to modern ones, but they worked.
Whether or not an adventurer would use one is a different issue, but folks really don’t know shit about wheelchairs it seems.
I’m not saying it would be fun, or easy, but I’ve been out in the woods on paths barely wide enough to fit a chair, and had people, my patients, push themselves the entire way, lumps, ruts, rocks, roots and all. And rubber tires aren’t magic for that. They help, but they don’t make the impossible possible, just the edge cases easier.
yeather@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Because this is a FANTASY WORLD with MAGIC and BETTER ALTERNATIVES.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Quoting you
That is not about the fantasy world, unless ada means All Drow Associated or something, though why drow would mandate ramps, I have no idea. Maybe because spiders don’t like steps?
yeather@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
So your fantasy world has asphalt roads and uniform sidewalks and paved connections between every village? If your 99.9% of dnd games you are playing in the mideaval era world with magic. So just use the fucking magic items.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Dude.
What is your malfunction?
You’re still saying the same thing, and ignoring the fact that you’re wrong about wheelchairs needing paved roads and sidewalks at all.
Are you trolling me, or just that unwilling to stop and read and think?
I’m not talking about d&d or fantasy worlds, I’m talking about the claims you’ve made about how wheelchairs work in our world, the real world.
ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I described plenty of magically enhanced wheelchair options alin a different comment, and then the complaint was that they’re still wheelchairs.
It feels like people just don’t think disabled people can or should exist in a fantasy realm, and that’s kind of hilarious considering how many famous characters in fiction have prosthetics or other aids.
Professor X does okay for himself. “But why doesn’t he just levitate all the time!” Because he’s fine seated and there’s no issue with it.
You do know that like, wagons and shit existed for millenia and went over completely unpaved and incredibly rough terrain as well, right? Any wheelchair in a DnD setting could easily have a mild enchanment for grip and strength enhancement that would make it offroad capable.