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Gurkhal replied to the thread Most recent books you bought..I've made the final purchase of the year. Hopefully I won't buy any more books until Spring next year. What I bought was The... -
Gurkhal replied to the thread How Epic Fantasy Writes So Many Characters at Once.I love reading about huge casts of characters. I've read fantasy which are more slimmed down and streamlined in regards to world...
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Gurkhal reacted to ThrillhoBaggins's post in the thread How Epic Fantasy Writes So Many Characters at Once with
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I love the idea of a traditionally large cast, it just adds a lot of complexity. All of my adventures involve parties. -
Gurkhal reacted to Scifitimewriter's post in the thread Do you ever have story ideas that are 'too silly' to write at the moment? with Like.
I had a short story idea that I thought was too silly to write, but I wrote it anyway just for the practice. I sent it out to a few...
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We have created a new forum entitled Mythic Roleplaying. It is a place to set up a game world that others can join, like Mythic Worlds...
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Gurkhal replied to the thread How Is Your World Like?.To be honest I haven't watch the TV series. When I wrote "Game of Thrones" I made a reference to "A Song of Ice and Fire", which is the...
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For Game of Thrones, I think it's less that it's extremely low fantasy, and more about the tone. It's too cynical for my liking. Most of...
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Gurkhal replied to the thread How Is Your World Like?.It seems you have the same preferences as me, except for Game of Thrones because I think it has a bit to much magic in it to be perfect...
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My settings tend to be more grounded and down to earth, but not as much as some other settings. For instance, I think Game of Thrones...
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Gurkhal replied to the thread Has medieval style fantasy had its day?.Maybe "realistic" wasn't the best word. Perhaps "believable" would have been better.
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Oh yeah, you could also do what a lot of authors do and write parts of the character before giving them the name and, then kind of have...
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Gurkhal replied to the thread Has medieval style fantasy had its day?.To me it depends on how realistic you want it to be. If you want me to buy into a society which is obviously formed by the influences of...
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Gurkhal reacted to skip.knox's post in the thread Has medieval style fantasy had its day? with Like.
This one sets my historian's teeth to itching every time. I reckon I can scratch, once in a while. Place is one; Mad Swede has...
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Gurkhal reacted to Mad Swede's post in the thread Has medieval style fantasy had its day? with Like.
Anyone who thinks that mainstream fantasy assumes a western European culture and aesthetic hasn't read enough. For a Byzantine style...
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Just started playing Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Really enjoyable game so far. Like if someone took Dark Souls but made you fight like a...