Adam, last year I lost my job due to my disability. Hip erosion, I have no hips. I can't walk. Instead of laying around feeling sorry for myself I decided I'd like to write a novel. A D&D (like) novel based on our adventures/campaigns. I'm-we're 3/4th's through. I-we use both styles. Creates conflict, and conflict keeps the story moving and the characters interesting instead of 1 dimensional. Run, pass, shuffle, sweep. Who knows what we'll do next! Harry Potter meets the Scorpion King? That'd raise a few brows? 👍💥
I've been running Shadowdark instead of 5e for the past few months, that game has managed to capture the Sword & Sorcery vibe so well. I've had so much fun playing it that that I picked up Conan last week to read through, really enjoying the stories so far too!
Hi! Adam Scott, my name is Robert. Interesting channel you have. I'm an older gentleman and I've been gaming D&D since I was a Junior in high school 1981. From your video I put together some information I've gathered might help. 1. Gear everything on the fighter, thief, ranger, barbarian. The barbarian is pushed (promoted). 2. Hack n slash rules the world. Thievery runs the machine. 3. Magic is far and few between, hidden, almost hermit yet ultra powerful. Dragon Slayer, Sword and the sorcerer movies. They had to search for the powerful magic user. Conan? Have you? Seen 2 snakes coming together? Quality over quantity. High fantasy promotes everybody's an apprentice, magic guild on every corner, along with a mega mentor. Quantity over quality. 4. Leadership over democracy. Marching order, chain of command. One voice over all. & Everybody gets their fair turn as the leader week after week. (Fair Game play) 5. Gary Gygax wrote (paraphrased) It's not the most ultra powerful characters that make the most interesting characters, but the average everyday characters overcoming great odds that make the best characters for. 5. Level 1 means level 1. Tshirt and shorts. Yep! Work for it! Konan lost it all! From the bottom to the top. And, level up s-l-o-w-l-y. 6. School of hard knocks, nature over nurture. Well, that's my take on it. I hope this helps. Robert. 👍💥
Conan is kind of a bad example for sword and sorcery as a genre because he is such a power fantasy character. He is grounded in being human with human limitations, but just barely. He's the greatest warrior of his time, and his conflicts are more like obstacles than a threats. RPGs are often much grittier because characters don't have plot armor. Your character may be the high sorcerer, but he's more likely to fall on his face because of a bad roll. I think Fafard and the Gray Mouser are better examples, because they are just two guys who happen to be adventurers. They have more foibles and fears than Conan
@@douglasphillips5870 I hear what you’re saying, and for those that are steeped in Sword and Sorcery lore and understanding, there may be better examples. However I want this to be accessible to those looking for various types of f stories, and Conan is typically the most recognizable character from the genre. And on a tangential note, I think REH has several other characters that are much better examples (and which I like a lot more), but they are a bit too niche for people to recognize. Glad you’re here.
I must respectfully disagree. Conan is THE original sword and sorcery character (Technically, Kull was, but as Conan was literally born of Kull in terms of character creation, and was the more established character...). Without him, the genre itself would not exist. Yes, he is extremely capable. but in his original stories, he often gets injured quite severely, and only survives due to his "savage vitality" (REH was a strong believer that primitive, barbaric Man was inherently stronger and more enduring that the weaker, civilized man). it also helps that the 1982 Conan the Barbarian is perhaps the best example of a sword and sorcery movie ever made.
Adam, last year I lost my job due to my disability. Hip erosion, I have no hips. I can't walk. Instead of laying around feeling sorry for myself I decided I'd like to write a novel. A D&D (like) novel based on our adventures/campaigns. I'm-we're 3/4th's through. I-we use both styles. Creates conflict, and conflict keeps the story moving and the characters interesting instead of 1 dimensional. Run, pass, shuffle, sweep. Who knows what we'll do next! Harry Potter meets the Scorpion King? That'd raise a few brows?
👍💥
I've been running Shadowdark instead of 5e for the past few months, that game has managed to capture the Sword & Sorcery vibe so well. I've had so much fun playing it that that I picked up Conan last week to read through, really enjoying the stories so far too!
Hi! Adam Scott, my name is Robert. Interesting channel you have. I'm an older gentleman and I've been gaming D&D since I was a Junior in high school 1981. From your video I put together some information I've gathered might help. 1. Gear everything on the fighter, thief, ranger, barbarian. The barbarian is pushed (promoted). 2. Hack n slash rules the world. Thievery runs the machine. 3. Magic is far and few between, hidden, almost hermit yet ultra powerful. Dragon Slayer, Sword and the sorcerer movies. They had to search for the powerful magic user. Conan? Have you? Seen 2 snakes coming together? Quality over quantity. High fantasy promotes everybody's an apprentice, magic guild on every corner, along with a mega mentor. Quantity over quality. 4. Leadership over democracy. Marching order, chain of command. One voice over all. & Everybody gets their fair turn as the leader week after week. (Fair Game play) 5. Gary Gygax wrote (paraphrased) It's not the most ultra powerful characters that make the most interesting characters, but the average everyday characters overcoming great odds that make the best characters for. 5. Level 1 means level 1. Tshirt and shorts. Yep! Work for it! Konan lost it all! From the bottom to the top. And, level up s-l-o-w-l-y. 6. School of hard knocks, nature over nurture. Well, that's my take on it. I hope this helps. Robert.
👍💥
Conan is kind of a bad example for sword and sorcery as a genre because he is such a power fantasy character. He is grounded in being human with human limitations, but just barely. He's the greatest warrior of his time, and his conflicts are more like obstacles than a threats. RPGs are often much grittier because characters don't have plot armor. Your character may be the high sorcerer, but he's more likely to fall on his face because of a bad roll. I think Fafard and the Gray Mouser are better examples, because they are just two guys who happen to be adventurers. They have more foibles and fears than Conan
@@douglasphillips5870 I hear what you’re saying, and for those that are steeped in Sword and Sorcery lore and understanding, there may be better examples.
However I want this to be accessible
to those looking for various types of f stories, and Conan is typically the most recognizable character from the genre.
And on a tangential note, I think REH has several other characters that are much better examples (and which I like a lot more), but they are a bit too niche for people to recognize.
Glad you’re here.
I must respectfully disagree.
Conan is THE original sword and sorcery character (Technically, Kull was, but as Conan was literally born of Kull in terms of character creation, and was the more established character...). Without him, the genre itself would not exist. Yes, he is extremely capable. but in his original stories, he often gets injured quite severely, and only survives due to his "savage vitality" (REH was a strong believer that primitive, barbaric Man was inherently stronger and more enduring that the weaker, civilized man).
it also helps that the 1982 Conan the Barbarian is perhaps the best example of a sword and sorcery movie ever made.