Welcome!
My name is Kramer and I'm an actor and medieval enthusiast, with the goal of creating an aesthetic lifestyle so immersive that we can all feel like a characters in our favorite genre.
As members of the community of the sword, we appreciate Medieval Realism in our books, tv shows, movies and games.
So as an actor myself, the following questions bare answering:
What would life in a fantasy/medieval world actually be like? What is practical? What can we copy into out own lives? And what of what we see on the silver screen is an utter disaster in real life? Through Experimental Archeology, re-creation and research; actors, writers, dungeon masters, can bring a heightened level of realism and immersion to our chosen mediums and with anachronism, we can bridge the worlds of fantasy and reality.
If you like swords, armor, fantasy, (pretty much anything that would make you a Dungeons and Dragons nerd), I hope you enjoy my content.
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A note on distillation (and this us stuff i learned from the channel Esoterica), distillation was an important alchemical procedure, as it was believed that the essence or "spirit" of a substance could be concentrated for medicinal and other alchemical purposes. Hence, very strong alcohols are called spirits, a term that is still used today
A lot of people forget that fantasy isn't based on real historical periods, they're *inspired* by them, meaning they taking certain elements of a certain period, place or culture and infuse them with an abundance of unique, original concepts, cultures and styles of their own. Being based on something and being inspired by something are very different.
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I always thought Tolkien did stuff like this a lot. The Hobbits with their Victorian pocket watches and waistcoats somehow don’t clash with Aragorn and his quasi-Medieval warriors. It’s quite impressive how Tolkien just makes you not notice these things.
Good luck on your adventures!
Thank you!
Traitor son cycle series by Miles Cameron is a good example of a author trying to be more accurate to real medieval history in a fantasy setting. Author is student of HEMA instructor Guy Windsor and a historical re-enactor. Setting has traditional fantasy elements, magic, dragons, other intelligent races while at the same time having accurate material culture like clothng(men wearing hose pointed on doublets, women wearing kitties and headress), accurate armour for the 14th century such bascinets with removable visors often houndskull style, plate or Brigandine harness, longswords, arming swords, poleaxes. Cameron has studied both Italian(Firoe) and German fechtbuchs and fighting techniques such as guards used accurately often with the name used in the actual sources like the Board tooth guard or the Gate of Iron. Also also requires bringing around wicker baskets with the armour in them when the knight needs to be armmed.
there were other herbs smoked long before tobacco
would this work with a 29cm dagger?
Yes, but it's not going to look as good or feel as natural, unless it's weighted quite heavily at the tip. There are other flourishes and tricks you can do with shorter blades like knives and daggers, I know a few. Perhaps it's time for another video!
where was this when i was in college??! i need one of those...
It really annoys me when a fantasy game based on the European Middle Ages adds elements from the Modern Age. It ruins the atmosphere. In general, most fantasy worlds are based on the late Middle Ages; I have never encountered a fantasy world based on the early Middle Ages or late antiquity, which would be very interesting.
Seeing your swords reasting on the tip in the background gives me LARPer anxiouty.
To be fair, tolkein mythos is based on norse mythology, which is not a medieval thing. At that point in the 1000-1400s, the religion of the norse died off and was forgotten in place of willful converts. The stories remained but only as thus, stories.
I think you are making a mistake when you separate magic and science in your explanation. Magic WOULD BE science since it has a basis in how that world functions. Researchers at universities in a world where magic exists would be trying to engineer magic to be as efficient as possible with as small a cost as possible. They would be performing experiments on what happens if they use slightly different reagents or say the incantation faster or slower. Scientific advancement would be the same as magical advancement. Eventually, they might even make a machine that can cast spells, like how the computers in Shin Megami Tensei run programs that summon demons. The computer can draw magic symbols and time words out with more regularity than a person, so it can perform these rituals better than a person. They could kick off an industrial revolution with a new magic spell that does what the seed drill did for us.
In my mind the fantasy world is one that never had that industrial revolution because it was just easier to rely on magic and because of that they never got the mindset of "new is better, throw the old away". That means that anything that came before is still around, nothing ever goes away because it might still be useful in some other way.
I was bound to encounter a third 'Kramer' if I encountered / endeavoured to immerse myself in enough media...
"the boys is good" hahahahahah
Well it's not called medieval fantasy anyway. It's called high fantasy.
Hell yeah! Taking steps requires taking steps, I always say! 😆 Good luck and I'm sure you already tracked this but the Uinta mountains/wilderness looks like a fantastic place to do some adventuring!
What a wonderful video!
Good video
I just wanna say the thumbnail is a really bad comparison, considering aragorn is more of adventurer, and a knight. He may be a king, but he has more combat experience and will be more practical in terms of clothing than a real medieval king who barely left his castle
You’re thinking too deep. It’s the fact they weren’t accurate. That’s the point of the Thimbnail
@@themondoshow oh, I thought it was just stupid clickbait
@@MemeLordCthulhu I feel the same
I always find the "Magic stopped technology" answer, unconvincing. like a dudes would say, "Why build a printing press when I can train a wizard for 15 years to magically mass produce a newspaper?" Sorry I don't buy it. Magic would increase the speed of technological growth as the technology would incorporate Magic
I think D&D is a problematic (don't want to call it bad) example because the goal of D&D is to give DM's tools to create their own adventures. That's why there are so many different flavors of weapons and creatures. Some might even argue that a story mixing a lot of different flavors is distasteful. You're not supposed to take into account every weapon in the PHB and every creature in the MM. You can choose whichever ones fit your character or your adventure not necessarily because it's the choice of the character, but because it's the choice of the DM and the player as authors.
I think fantasy isn't about how the the past is percieved by our current knowledge, I think it's a marriage of romanticism (chivalric tales) and the Victorian revival of occultism. It's how 18th-19th century fiction imagined the past. And while since then we learened a lot about the past, depictions got inherited down through works like Hoffman's Fantasiestücke and RE Howard's Conan, while drifting farther and farther from historical and archeological knowledge, and our understanding of science and pseudoscience. The magic, alchemy, astrology, etc. in fantasy fiction isn't from the point of view when those disciplines were the mainstream science, it's from the revival in the Victorian era when occultists thought of them as lost knowledge of a past era. While in reality back in ancient times alchemy and astrology were cutting edge science. If we read a Conan story, even though it is set in an alternative prehistoric time, the mages of the story are still using the the works of wizards from an earlier era, from before the fall of Atlantis. The Lord of the Rings is all about destroying an MDW that was created eons ago. These works aren't from the point of view of the people in the past, it is from the point of view of the people in the present reminiscing about a past age. Similarly Arthurian stories depict knights in full plate armor, when they were supposed to be set in 5th to 6th century. Those depictions are based on when the stories were written.
I just want to point out that the way you worded it at least makes it sound like the moment the first guns came on the scene any and all armor became obsolete, when that's just not true at all. The term bulletproof comes from armor that, once made, would be shot with a pistol, leaving a mark, the proof of a bullet, to prove to the prospective buyer that this armor will protect you from bullets.
Representing real life is literally the opposite of what fantasy tries to do. Things are historically inspired, but not historical. Like the guy who attends renassaince fair dressed as jesus, or goths combining victorian inspired suits with edwardian shirts, piercings, tattoos and egyptian inspired makeup. Us whimsical folks just wanna have fun
Well, I can't say I fully understand, but I'm glad you trusted us enough to be honest. I actually suspected this might be the case when you were so interested in theater. Don't forget that your fans will always love and support you. And if you meet a nice dragon, don't be afraid to bring them to meet us!
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Just discovered your channel. I like your content and the very thoughtful way you present it. Subscribed.
Thank you, and welcome!
I don't LARP, but I totally have this problem with video games and role playing games.
Jeepers creepers...thats a hell of a road trip, get some on the road footage
Holy fetal alcohol syndrom, wtf.
Not sure what this is supposed to mean
A major consideration about being period accurate: CAN YOU AFFORD IT? Even if you produce your own items, rather than purchasing, the cost of period materials, tools needed, etc, could wind up being quite a drain on one's bank account! Which is why film studios DON'T make many "historically accurate" movies, especially "low budget" ones
Ruana "cloaks" also happen to be the only cloaks that nobody looks at you funny if you're wearing (possibly depending on the rest of your outfit) and, more importantly, that you'll find in a regular clothing store to this day. I'm not convinced that these are actually cloaks, but Kohl's has tons of these in the women's department every fall/winter. I own several of them but don't wear them very often because I actually find the closure options more annoying them anything. I don't like having to wrap something around my neck to keep it on, and it's not warm if it's dangling because it has 3 openings (2 sides + front) instead of just 1 like a mantle cloak. The ones you'll find every fall in stores like Kohl's straddle the line between fashion and actually-keep-you-warm because of the material used. They aren't my favorite cloak style and I don't really think of them as cloaks. I categorize them as "wraps", more similar to a shawl. I think that's mainly because they don't have a hood. (Isn't a cloak without a hood essentially a cape? So maybe Ruana cloaks should be called Ruana capes.) I've also found ponchos w/ hoods that I guess you could call Burnoose cloaks at typical stores like Kohl's and Target, but they were probably conceptualized as hooded ponchos and the fabric pattern designs often reflect that as being the origin. All that said, interesting perspective and information. (I never realized that GoT cloaks had crossed straps, but their profile is iconic!)
Well the original guns and dragons write ups it was considered a quasi medieval game. I still call it that. It was never meant to be historically accurate and of course we all know that it's not. Unless your idea of history comes from old Hollywood films
This was a good video overall, and I enjoyed the premise, but I feel like the solution offered needs more clearly defined steps to take, such as called out examples of things to ask yourself specificly for each of the three areas. Thanks for the insights!
OK, but what about something like a waterskin for when you are hitting the road or just in a hot environment? Would love to see some content on packing hydration options.
man, I would love to see how you handle being a DM!
Tobacco didn't exist in Medieval Europe, but Cannabis absolutely did. And that is actually what Tolkien was talking about. Lord Of The Rings predates prohibition.
Pretty sure in the prologue of fellowship Tolkien describes it as a variety of nicotiana, definitively making "pipe weed" tobacco, which Tolkien himself was very fond of enjoying
I'd like to see your video about the announcement of the Hunt for Gollum
This video is that video
@@LivingAnachronism Ehhh. The Hunt for Gollum was announced a couple weeks ago. Not last year
Wants to go to Pennsic Leaves PA 🧠🧠🧠
Rapiers were already invented early on though in real life history during the bronze age, refer to the Mycenaean Type Cii and Type Ci swords for what I mean. So rapiers could have already been invented too in a DnD world but for different reasons. And yes DnD's "magic" could probably sustain a high population too as well as allow capacity for modern warfare level destruction at the same time.
This video is freaking amazing. Thank you so much for all your hard work and research.
Extreme cringe clickbait thumbnail. Comparing high fashion noble to strider Aragorn.
That's Henry the VIII
That would make a sick place to play DnD or other RPGs, just saying :)
Like it matters. I am the GM. I decide what reality is. I call myself... something cringe and kewl. 'Anachron the Master' sounds sweet.
8:52 With that. societies with Magic being perfected wouldn't even develop Popular Democracy. Social strata will be more rigid. and even more hereditiary. While it is possible to develop republic government. it wouldnt even progress beyond Old Rome. or at the most recent, Apartheid era of Republic of South Africa. Modern democracy is made from Indistrializations. or even international trade economy
They don’t really have enough force to do anything other than cut, that’s if it hits blade first.
Barbarian content and possible great kilt content?! Yes please!!