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What did they wear? Links on Clothing in RPGs

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Peasants threshing wheat in breeches and tunics (from the  Maciejowski Bible) https://www.medievalists.net/2018/06/underwear-in-the-middle-ages/ I was inspired for this post reading  A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry on Clothes: How Did They Make It?  . Brett Devereaux goes into depth in a four-part series on how fabrics were made and who made them. For anyone interested in realistic worldbuilding or history more generally, the blog is invaluable.                                                                                       https://www.publicecology.de/journal/good-old-linen Given that most RPG clothing conversation consists of either a series of uniforms (priestly robes, noble finery) or purely as a determinant of armor cla...