Do you prefer "cottagecore" or "mudcore" aesthetics for your medieval fantasy countryside?
For me, I would go for what would be most appropriate for the region relative to regional economical output. "Cottagecore" goes well with economic stability and regional security, whereas "mudcore" can represent areas of less economical development, even under circumstances where a "mudcore" setting displays signs of comparable security to a "cottagecore" setting.
>>96855126Do you prefer X or Y for your Z?Is X or Y better?Is X overrated?
>>96855296I prefer cottagecore meself.
>>96855126I hate "-core". If you're putting then signs of poverty or wealth set the scene for how the people in the area are going to live. Nicer areas that are well-organized with honorable lords and good resources should be nice to live in, with abundant food and resources. Buildings should be in decent repair.Areas that are impoverished should be in clear disrepair. I think of James Agee's "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" and the description of Southern White Sharecropper homes. Barely put together, ground visible through the floorboards, but enough dignity to do their best on reassembling or improving things. Outside of demonically tyrannical feudal lords or wild orc invasions, peasants should be expected to do the best they can to improve their lot in life by completing odd jobs for each other.A reason why you should use both: If your PCs are used to the region they're in being well-kempt and wealthy, and they come to a destitute town, it should be abundantly clear this is weird, and they should be encouraged to find out why. You can make this even more clear by using things like ration counts and resource limitations to make their "beacon of light" be unwilling to give up food without the PCs doing something. For example, maybe they can refill the PC's water because there are orcs on a camp near the river. Clearing the river benefits both the PCs and the villagers, who are both desperately thirsty.
>>96855309So if orcs or a local ogre are threatening the village, make the village a little more depressing?
>>96855126
WoweeFour concurrent puckster threads plus the pucklfuck general. You and your fanclub will outperform the warhammer spam, at this pace.
For some reason mudcore has become extremley popular in modern fantasy what with the Witcher and GOT.
>>96856522Also now all medieval movies are mudcore. I wish when the middle ages was bright and colorful like A Knight's Tale.
>>96855126I prefer a permanent ban for spammers from reddit, puckee.https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/1m5p93c/artcomm_edmund_cruft_medieval_fantasy_dd_peasant/https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/search/image/s-9odapy5EaryUxR4j2RRw/>>96855649He has a jannie protecting him and a mod backing that tranny up. You can spam and samefag your elephant talk threads as much as you want if you're butt buddies with the staff.
>>96855126Depends on the setting and vibe. Are we playing Warhammer fantasy or The Witcher? Mudcore it is. Are we playing Forgotten Realms in Cormyr? Cottagecore.
>>96856522>>96856536fits the zeitgeist of people having no hope for the future and are desillusioned with the present in real life. Entertainment reflects that, this time in a fictional past.
>>96855126>ai slopBoth "cottagecore" and "mudcore" aesthetics offer unique charms for a medieval fantasy countryside! **Cottagecore** evokes a romanticized vision of rural life, with cozy cottages, wildflower gardens, and a focus on simplicity and nature. It emphasizes warmth, nostalgia, and a connection to traditional crafts and homesteading.On the other hand, **mudcore** embraces a grittier, more earthy aesthetic, highlighting the raw and untamed aspects of nature. It often features darker, more muted colors, and a sense of realism that reflects the struggles and beauty of rural life.If I had to choose, I might lean towards **cottagecore** for its whimsical and idyllic qualities, but **mudcore** has its own appeal with its authenticity and connection to the earth. Which one resonates more with you?
>>96855126I like folkish aestethics, full of culture and whismical trve euro feeling. Mudcore is too american to me, and cottagcore is just gay.
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>>96855126A mixture. Muttagecore
>>96855126>Mudcore inside cities>Cottage core for when outside of citiesI mean in my immagination usually is like this when I run a campaign, I always immagine like a dirty castle but like the town outside is more cottage core.Or a mix of it
>>96855126A greasy pepperoni fart in your dysgenic redditor's face, fucky puckee.
>>96857058>they're purposefully letting this site go to shit.Which explains why so many US government email adresses were found in the leaked mod info.
>>96855126Witchcore, not exactly cottagecore, make it more goth and dark, but not dirty in the mud way - the village is under protection of evil witch, that is nice to the village, as long as they follow the (sometime sadistic) rules and are her Sims playground.
>>96855126Did you ever played a single session of any given TTRPG or just shitpost about them?
>>96856522Hollywood was doing that stuff all the way from the very late 80s.You can thank Robin Hood, the Brtibong series from the 80s. It's where it all started and everyone was just copying it. It peaked ironically with different Robin Hood production, the god-awful 2010 one, which went out of its way to cover in mud everything.>>96856536This movie was literally the only exception and that was used as a fucking meta joke
>>96855126Do you prefer X or Y for your Z?Is X or Y better?Is X overrated?X is an overlooked Y for Z.Why do X's do Y?
More a skeletons playing pianos vibe. Pointy roof core
>>96855126Cottagecore for the friendly lands the PC is supposed to protect, mudcore for foreign lands with the twist the inhabitants are decent people who act like the cottagefolk but have been dealt a bad hand they're trying to make the most of.
