No.250341473
>fantasy setting has magic and flying creatures
>still using horses as main transportation
No.250341651
>>250341473 (OP) #
>setting has nuclear energy
>still using coal as main energy source
No.250341473
>fantasy setting has magic and flying creatures
>still using horses as main transportation
No.250341651
>>250341473 (OP) #
>setting has nuclear energy
>still using coal as main energy source
Fall off a horse -> dust yourself off and get back on. There’s a whole idiom about how falling off horses is a frustrating but ultimately minor inconvenience.
Fall off a gryphon -> you are dead.
Superman was paralyzed from falling off a horse. It can be way more than an inconvenience.
Could slip in the shower too. Not sure what my point is… just trying to be extra pedantic I guess.
Wait, what’s the reasoning? Dude can stop bullets and be slapped through buildings but a Lil fall screwed him?
It’s a joke about Christopher Reeve
There’s also a whole list of people who have died falling off of horses. So there’s that.
It is possible to die falling off a horse. It is nearly impossible to live falling off a flying mount.
My druid always carried a feather fall potion (fantasy parachute?) until contingent spells became available
The trick then is to always fly high enough to quaff a potion in case of falling
Most fantasy settings that allow for gryphon / dragon / other winged mode of transport, also have saddles for such beasts that tether the user to the saddle/ animal. If you fall off, you unclipped your harness and deserved it.
It’s considerable extra risk and cost for insignificant benefit. Helicopters exist but I don’t take one to work.
Speak for yourself, if i had the means to fly to work…
I’ve considered getting a paramotor for this reason. The only trouble is, it’s quite a bit slower than driving.
I’d probably die electrocuted in one of the power lines if I tried to use that as my means of transportation to/from work.
Simple solution: wear rubber.
Like this, right?
from The Naked Gun movie
Aw damn the winds here blow counter commute
Also magic like slow falling potions