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| − | + | --[[User:Edmiao|Edmiao]] 12:49, 21 January 2007 (MST) About the high fantasy complaint. The idea that it is impossible to suprise characters with monsters and that this is game killing does not hold true with me. Do characters need to be suprised or shocked by the form of their enemies? Take a modern cop drama like the one shot Ben did a few months ago. There were no suprises in the form of the enemies: mob goons, gang goons, governement goons. The interest arises from the drama in which said goons participate. In high fantasy, replace mob goons with goblins, gang goons with undead and govenment goons with dragons. In WHFRP Matt got some milage out of introducing Scaven and hiding magic, but at this point the only reason we would run from Scaven is if they outnumber us. The interest arises from the question "who is controlling the scaven and to what end?" Complaints regarding DnD are a separate issue, but i think as DnD is so dominant in the RPG Fantasy genre, that those complaints may taint the genre as a whole. | |
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--Edmiao 12:49, 21 January 2007 (MST) About the high fantasy complaint. The idea that it is impossible to suprise characters with monsters and that this is game killing does not hold true with me. Do characters need to be suprised or shocked by the form of their enemies? Take a modern cop drama like the one shot Ben did a few months ago. There were no suprises in the form of the enemies: mob goons, gang goons, governement goons. The interest arises from the drama in which said goons participate. In high fantasy, replace mob goons with goblins, gang goons with undead and govenment goons with dragons. In WHFRP Matt got some milage out of introducing Scaven and hiding magic, but at this point the only reason we would run from Scaven is if they outnumber us. The interest arises from the question "who is controlling the scaven and to what end?" Complaints regarding DnD are a separate issue, but i think as DnD is so dominant in the RPG Fantasy genre, that those complaints may taint the genre as a whole.
