a strange battlefield
in "le secret de l'histoire naturelle [...]", illuminated manuscript, france, 15th c.
source: Paris, BnF, Français 22971, fol. 47r
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battlefield whump (other than simply “getting shot”) 💣
i am talking specifically about early 1900s-era battlefields. those vibes. but you can also alter it to be medieval war, or maybe even in a fantasy setting!
freezing cold, biting wind, icy sleet— covered in mud and blood and rain
field medicine!!
trying to comfort an injured/sick/dying fellow soldier when no help is coming
shrapnel. this can cause PROBLEMS. hundreds of pieces that get embedded everywhere throughout whumpee’s body? good shit
no pain meds, so whumpee has to bite down on a stick or a rag or something. maybe there’s alcohol to take the edge off— maybe not
friendly fire 👀 nonono think about it. it’s dark, or foggy, or storming— maybe one soldier has a head injury and isn’t seeing straight. they fire and hit whumpee. imagine the guilt. whump on both sides!!
caretaker comes across a wounded/dying soldier from the other side who has been abandoned by their platoon. what does caretaker do? do they sit down and try to comfort them? do they leave and let whumpee die alone?
blunt force trauma
being hit by tanks or other military vehicles
plane or helicopter crashes
internal bleeding from bomb blasts
infected wounds— sepsis, fevers, delirium, oh my!
just the isolation of being alone, maybe thousands of miles from home, scared and in pain.
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Elmo from Sesame Street wore a military helmet and stepped onto a carpet battlefield. The last remaining teddy bear fell. Elmo rushed up to solemnly hold them in his arms. He shouted, "Man down! Man down!" into a black tube that he immediately repositioned to fire like a machine gun.
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Ancestor's Battleaxe
Art for The Elder Scrolls: Legends
Art by Opus Artz
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WW1 Trench Map Assets
I've just published my WW1 Trenches: tiling trench assets with all sorts of battlefield debris. How might you use these in a fantasy setting, DMs?
→ Download them here!
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Sergeant of the Royal Engineers Signals Section putting a message into the cylinder attached to the collar of a messenger dog at Etaples, 28 August 1918.
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