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<blockquote data-quote="BiggusGeekus@Work" data-source="post: 890747" data-attributes="member: 7828"><p>I'm one of those people who likes a little reality in my fantasy. The explanation, "It's magic", doesn't strike a chord within me. I know some people might think that this position restricts creativity, but I like to think that it enhances it, that wondering how things might work in a fantasy world generates more ideas than it represses.</p><p></p><p>Anyway...</p><p></p><p>Fantasy ecologies have always been a beef with me. How many calories must a giant consume? How do insects get that large without dying? How do Colossal creatures exist with the inverse sine rule appling to their spinal column? And most of all <em>how do so many deadly things live so close to each other</em>? </p><p></p><p>It struck me as completely impossible. "Surely", I've said to myself, "the entire ecology would colapse. Nothing could live in such an environment where everything could kill. </p><p></p><p>Then I read a book about Australia.</p><p></p><p>How in the bloodly blue heavens do people live there? Dear merciful Lord, the freaking <em>herbivores</em> can rip you shreds! Cripes! The taipan snake can kill you by the time you can say, "I've been bitten by a sn--". There's a jellyfish that a guy brushed against in the 90's and left him screaming in agony, they got him to the hospital, doped him up with morphine, <em>and he still kept screaming</em>!!!! The flipping PLATYPUS has a venom! The dingos and crocidiles are the least of any sane person's worries.</p><p></p><p>Gawd.</p><p></p><p>In any case, the book is <em>In a Sunburnt Land</em> by Bill Bryson. It's an easy and fun read. And the sections on the INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS animal life are a good inspiration for D&D.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BiggusGeekus@Work, post: 890747, member: 7828"] I'm one of those people who likes a little reality in my fantasy. The explanation, "It's magic", doesn't strike a chord within me. I know some people might think that this position restricts creativity, but I like to think that it enhances it, that wondering how things might work in a fantasy world generates more ideas than it represses. Anyway... Fantasy ecologies have always been a beef with me. How many calories must a giant consume? How do insects get that large without dying? How do Colossal creatures exist with the inverse sine rule appling to their spinal column? And most of all [i]how do so many deadly things live so close to each other[/i]? It struck me as completely impossible. "Surely", I've said to myself, "the entire ecology would colapse. Nothing could live in such an environment where everything could kill. Then I read a book about Australia. How in the bloodly blue heavens do people live there? Dear merciful Lord, the freaking [i]herbivores[/i] can rip you shreds! Cripes! The taipan snake can kill you by the time you can say, "I've been bitten by a sn--". There's a jellyfish that a guy brushed against in the 90's and left him screaming in agony, they got him to the hospital, doped him up with morphine, [i]and he still kept screaming[/i]!!!! The flipping PLATYPUS has a venom! The dingos and crocidiles are the least of any sane person's worries. Gawd. In any case, the book is [i]In a Sunburnt Land[/i] by Bill Bryson. It's an easy and fun read. And the sections on the INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS animal life are a good inspiration for D&D. [/QUOTE]
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