tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post2209717997249761568..comments2024-03-29T06:16:21.012+08:00Comments on Monsters and Manuals: That Sword and Sorcery VibeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-34559954851187080942012-12-22T14:21:58.453+08:002012-12-22T14:21:58.453+08:00Very much agree. That would make for a cool setti...Very much agree. That would make for a cool setting element all on its own.Victor Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05928494560036528653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-20899412753862833792012-12-12T08:15:48.267+08:002012-12-12T08:15:48.267+08:00The thing about conflicting themes is they only re...The thing about conflicting themes is they only really matter if the players are jarred by the grinding of gears, I think spacing things out in time as well as through player groups can get people past this.<br /><br />Most long-running serial fictions (tv shows, comics) or kitchen sink novels (Gravity's Rainbow being the obvious example) manage to segue gracefully form one tone to another over time and, indeed, maybe _have to_ just to keep things interesting.<br /><br />That may be why indie games (one-shotty, movieish, skinny, efficient) tend to worry so much more about themes than D&D and its ilk (campaigny, tv showish, fat, lots of options, redundancies).Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-58920030150185849572012-12-12T00:25:16.332+08:002012-12-12T00:25:16.332+08:00Describing contempt as a 'fetish' is a tok...Describing contempt as a 'fetish' is a token of needlessly curried favour. You, I think, have the 'crush'. Bye byes.Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165997449776226774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-19524992618790541092012-12-11T23:49:05.621+08:002012-12-11T23:49:05.621+08:00Kent, I've been entirely tolerant of your weir...Kent, I've been entirely tolerant of your weird Zak Smith fetish until this point, and Zak can look after himself, but you're starting to piss me off with it now. If you're going to comment on my blog, I'd rather you didn't post anything about him. This is a blog about role playing games, not a place to air your strange crushes. Thanks.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-80210736203907054022012-12-11T23:10:49.902+08:002012-12-11T23:10:49.902+08:00Hasn't everyone noticed yet that Zak does mish...Hasn't everyone noticed yet that Zak does mish-mash without constraint? He is an illustrious exponent of the lowest form of D&D.Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165997449776226774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-24066129258173729962012-12-11T21:38:25.159+08:002012-12-11T21:38:25.159+08:00Laughing worm men are something we should all be p...Laughing worm men are something we should all be paying much more attention to. noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-4754583150546320722012-12-11T21:37:32.962+08:002012-12-11T21:37:32.962+08:00Then you get conflicting themes, Zak. And that mea...Then you get conflicting themes, Zak. And that means End Times.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-67096118935489090162012-12-11T07:46:09.554+08:002012-12-11T07:46:09.554+08:00This seems like a pretty-easy-to-have-both situati...This seems like a pretty-easy-to-have-both situation.<br /><br />Maybe not both in the same session, but easily both in the same campaignZak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-6749266322373766602012-12-11T07:28:23.734+08:002012-12-11T07:28:23.734+08:00The arched building over the river is downright in...The arched building over the river is downright inspirational.Peregrine Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03511962495322344119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-87255260046106996492012-12-11T04:08:19.768+08:002012-12-11T04:08:19.768+08:00I really like the phrase realist furniture.
Also,...I really like the phrase <i>realist furniture</i>.<br /><br />Also, <i>Meanwhile, back in the dungeon...</i> is wonderful.Necropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-58805983582829532212012-12-11T03:28:11.575+08:002012-12-11T03:28:11.575+08:00Gah! I fell into the same distraction yesterday wh...Gah! I fell into the same distraction yesterday while looking through a copy of Dungeon Crawl Classics... all those wild and wacky images without any concerns towards the plausible glue holding them all together. <br />Only moments before I'd been looking through references on Sanskrit for my homebrew setting... now I'm obsessed with laughing worm men and steam powered gnomes.Timmy Crabcakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14737954661234574830noreply@blogger.com