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* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'', interestingly enough. While it's traditionally infamous for many [[Did Not Do the Research|really bizarre things]], starting with Gary Gygax's ideas of ballistics and weapon weight tables, many authors and designers had experience in fields that turned out to be relevant - and it shows.
** Bruce R. Cordell earned a degree in Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology from the University of Colorado. Hence the greatness of ''The Illithiad'' and other books he wrote for ''Monstrous Arcana''.
** Ed Greenwood, ''the'' author of [[Forgotten Realms]], is a librarian and used to fence. This shows. "[http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=13186&whichpage=35#297253 Many of Ed's original players either worked in breweries or brewed their own]" - which also shows: you're not going to run into "[[All Beer Is Ale]]" thing in Volo's Guides or other
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