Upvoted: If you’re a DM running a medieval-flavored campaign, Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives series teaches the nuance of medeival Europe with Monty Python-esque humor via /r/DMToolkit
If you’re a DM running a medieval-flavored campaign, Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives series teaches the nuance of medeival Europe with Monty Python-esque humor
Although it doesn't have magic, it makes a medieval-themed campaign MUCH more nuanced by debunking the tropes that don't make any sense (so-called knights' guilds) and expanding on the ones that do (why princesses always getting kidnapped). In short, it makes medieval times make sense and fills in the plot holes.
It's also full of historical situations that your players will think you're extremely clever for coming up with.
Each episode examines a different layer of society (peasants/knights/monks/nobles/outlaws) and in memory of Terry Jones, it's important to see what made him passionate about history after Monty Python broke up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em0lSw0FB70&list=PLgeJ6bGP6EDlOomCdN2tZtnbLH5rmv2f9
Bonus: Tony Robinson (Blackadder's Baldrick) made a similar show, "Worst Jobs in History" full of ways to punish murder hoboes with stories more exiting than "now you have to break out of prison"). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jgu7EJ9A8A&list=PL72jhKwankOjHQKPOlD3VP-raNOPMmAbD
Submitted January 22, 2020 at 10:25AM by VoltasPistol
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