Are thunderstones magical?

[Asbestos]

I was looking at an arms and armor exhibit the other day, and I couldn't help but think of the discrepancy between the current trend in fantasy weapon designs and the real things. Some of the weapons and armor out there is actually quite ornate, in ways you might not always expect even. But it's nothing like some of the modern fantasy artwork out there. Looking at the art in the 4th ed. handbook I can't help but think that the weapons and armor looked more like Power Rangers toys than actually dangerous implements.

I think we're better off without ludicrous codpieces in the PHB. (WARNING: The link is from Wikipedia and is totally safe, if you don't think about it too much... that one on the far right has a face!!! WTF?!) And the armor of Henry the VIII has quite the famous crotch plate as well.

So yeah, sometimes it's good that fantasy armor isn't realistic.

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Don't forget that Detect SCIENCE! is blocked by various materials of varying thickness, as if it were some sort of radiation obeying the laws of physics and not a magical spell...