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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by teft@startrek.website to c/baldurs_gate_3@lemmy.world

For me I can't stand that they put difficult terrain in the act 2 camp. Makes zero sense. Who the F builds their camp in mud? I would sell my soul to Raphael for a boardwalk.

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[-] Nepenthe@kbin.social 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've recently begun to wonder whether there's so much free wine in the world because the water is undrinkable. I would say "I have too much alcohol and I didn't even have to work for it" is definitely first-world, and sanitation would greatly improve lives.

It's kind of ruining my roleplay a little bit. I can't not pick up supplies because what if I need them later, but I used to enjoy putting effort into long resting over a meal that didn't sound gross, and now we all just get fucking wrecked every night with these mystery bottles I took off a zombie in a ditch.

Edit: The difficult terrain would probably come first, but at least taking an involuntary shower on my way to Gale means he'll never again talk to me about how good I stink.

[-] wahming 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's a very commonly quoted - and heatedly discussed - factoid that water was usually polluted and generally considered undrinkable, mild alcoholic beverages were the norm.

[-] yA3xAKQMbq@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

heatedly discussed - factoid

It's not a factoid but an urban myth, historians are quite clear about this.

Water was – generally – safe to drink, and people drank alcohol for sustenance and because it was less boring than water. They also didn't write that much about drinking water, because it was completely natural to drink it and readily available. Besides, the low-level "small beer" isn't safe because of its alcohol content, it still goes bad rather quickly, but because it was made with clear water and barley cooked.

https://zythophile.co.uk/2014/03/04/was-water-really-regarded-as-dangerous-to-drink-in-the-middle-ages/

https://www.medievalists.net/2023/05/drink-water-middle-ages/

[-] wahming 6 points 1 year ago

factoid /ˈfaktɔɪd/ noun an item of unreliable information that is reported and repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact.

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