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DIY Lankhmar

Started by droog, November 03, 2006, 06:45:24 PM

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Pebbles and Marbles

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November 04, 2006, 06:51:31 PM
Quote from: AkrasiaOne advantage of DIY Lankhmar is that you would not have to suffer the absolutely shitty cover art for the Mongoose book.


That's truly awful, isn't it?

I've seen guys on three-day Viagra benders who weren't a stiff as the figures in that picture.
 

Sosthenes

#16
November 05, 2006, 06:17:42 AM
Wow.That picture is even worse than the Mike Mignola covers from White Wolf's Lankhmar books (labeled "Dark Fantasy").
 

Balbinus

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November 05, 2006, 10:33:35 AM
Quote from: droogMaybe we should have a series of threads on DIY worlds.

The setting in Leiber, Howard and other S&S is at the service of the characters, not the other way round. What you need is some way to get at the essential feel or colour of the world.

I think the point was it wasn't a world, it was a series of vignettes that unfolded as the characters progressed.

Sitting down to create a world for play is in many ways the antithesis of sword and sorcery, I don't mean you can't plan anything but the traditional rpg worldbuilding approach is I think quite wrong.

It's also the approach used in almost every licenced sword and sorcery rpg.  Which means, for me, I think pretty much every one of them misses the point of what made those stories good.

mattormeg

#18
November 05, 2006, 10:58:21 AM
Quote from: SosthenesWow.That picture is even worse than the Mike Mignola covers from White Wolf's Lankhmar books (labeled "Dark Fantasy").

Noooh!

mattormeg

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November 05, 2006, 10:59:11 AM
Quote from: BalbinusI think the point was it wasn't a world, it was a series of vignettes that unfolded as the characters progressed.

Sitting down to create a world for play is in many ways the antithesis of sword and sorcery, I don't mean you can't plan anything but the traditional rpg worldbuilding approach is I think quite wrong.

It's also the approach used in almost every licenced sword and sorcery rpg.  Which means, for me, I think pretty much every one of them misses the point of what made those stories good.

We need to pull Jrients in on this discussion, too. He's a big fan of swords and sorcery stuff, as I recall.

droog

#20
November 05, 2006, 04:27:21 PM
Quote from: BalbinusI think the point was it wasn't a world, it was a series of vignettes that unfolded as the characters progressed.
Well, precisely. It's the antithesis of Tolkien.
The past lives on in your front room
The poor still weak the rich still rule
History lives in the books at home
The books at home

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