I love history, especially of the Ancient, Classical, Medieval, and Early Modern time periods. I'm one of those nerds that's a huge stickler for "historical accuracy". Which is why the standard "high fantasy" setting triggers me, and Angry GM does a great job explaining why:
"Technologically, it’s a mess of stuff from the late Roman Empire through
to the early Renaissance. Except gunpowder. Unless there’s gunpowder.
Politically, religiously, and socially it’s the modern world except that
the predominant governing system is hereditary monarchies or
aristocracies and the predominant religion is easily ignored polytheism
that is ridiculously tolerant of atheism. They have nothing to do with
actual feudalism or paganism. But they claim to be feudal. In short,
it’s a standard high fantasy setting."
source: Drawing an Unnecessary Map of Nothing At All
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