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<blockquote data-quote="Jay Verkuilen" data-source="post: 7733434" data-attributes="member: 6873517"><p>Just knowing things are possible can make a big difference, but you have to survive long enough. As to the weight... that'll go away quick in a strenuous lifestyle. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>All that said, a lot of portal fantasy doesn't leave the people in their standard forms. Or if it does, they are capable of surviving and used to roughing it. John Carter is a former Confederate Army officer who was prospecting after the Civil War. He ends up being way stronger than most Martians because of the gravity differential. </p><p></p><p>For the most part I'm not crazy about the genre, but a good example of portal fantasy that is very worth reading is Brian Daley's <em>Coramonde</em> novels. Two characters are from late 1960s Earth. One is a scholar who made a world-transit machine. He'd been a Marine in World War II and prepared himself for his trip before setting out. He got some guns and otherwise trained up before setting out to "fantasy land." The other is a soldier during the Vietnam War (possibly loosely based on Brian Daley himself, or if not, clearly informed by his post-Vietnam War experiences). So they have useful skills in their adopted home. The soldier from Vietnam brings in a lot of useful knowledge, but most notably things like military principles---basic sanitation, how to make use of aerial recon and how to fool it with "quaker guns", tactical innovations, unarmed hand to hand combat, etc. However, he has to adapt, which is very hard for him. Daley was also a savvy enough world builder that he posits that there have been other "outlanders" from other places. I lifted that idea for my own campaign world, so I guess I've dabbled in portal fantasy but only for NPCs. </p><p></p><p>Other portal fantasy examples make use of body shifting. If you want a good example and a great spoof, watch "Den" from <em>Heavy Metal</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jay Verkuilen, post: 7733434, member: 6873517"] Just knowing things are possible can make a big difference, but you have to survive long enough. As to the weight... that'll go away quick in a strenuous lifestyle. :) All that said, a lot of portal fantasy doesn't leave the people in their standard forms. Or if it does, they are capable of surviving and used to roughing it. John Carter is a former Confederate Army officer who was prospecting after the Civil War. He ends up being way stronger than most Martians because of the gravity differential. For the most part I'm not crazy about the genre, but a good example of portal fantasy that is very worth reading is Brian Daley's [I]Coramonde[/I] novels. Two characters are from late 1960s Earth. One is a scholar who made a world-transit machine. He'd been a Marine in World War II and prepared himself for his trip before setting out. He got some guns and otherwise trained up before setting out to "fantasy land." The other is a soldier during the Vietnam War (possibly loosely based on Brian Daley himself, or if not, clearly informed by his post-Vietnam War experiences). So they have useful skills in their adopted home. The soldier from Vietnam brings in a lot of useful knowledge, but most notably things like military principles---basic sanitation, how to make use of aerial recon and how to fool it with "quaker guns", tactical innovations, unarmed hand to hand combat, etc. However, he has to adapt, which is very hard for him. Daley was also a savvy enough world builder that he posits that there have been other "outlanders" from other places. I lifted that idea for my own campaign world, so I guess I've dabbled in portal fantasy but only for NPCs. Other portal fantasy examples make use of body shifting. If you want a good example and a great spoof, watch "Den" from [I]Heavy Metal[/I]. [/QUOTE]
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