DarkCrisis
Let her cook.
Tell me if you've heard this before:
Several friends/students are transported via magic to a world akin to their D&D campaign. Their DM provides them with knowledge and weapons to find a way to escape back to the real world.
Right?
Now add 80s fantasy grit and adult themes and you have The Sleeping Dragon by Joel Rosenberg. The first in a several books he's written set in this series.
While never actually saying they are playing D&D they do call it "The Game" and it has Clerics and Wizards and Warriors and Thieves. The Wizards use the Vancian (D&D) magic system.
Whats interesting that instead of being just themselves in this magic world they are their characters and they have like 2 minds constantly trying to take charge. Like the Fighter knows what his conan knock off knows and how to fight etc and sometimes this anger filled personality kicks in. The thief can't not steal things. Some of the characters like this and some don't. It's an interesting spin. And often the characters don't get along due to these brisk personalities.
As for the adult themes, slavery is big in this world and the characters decide its up to them to end it.. after dealing with a lot of it. Also things like rape happen (and the trauma that goes with it) because this world is kind of grimdark and slavers are going to "use" their slaves etc. (they end up getting a sword in the gut btw).
Over all I liked it despite a few things but again it's a gritty 80s kind of thing. Very Conan the Barbarian-ish sort of. If you want a story set in (not) D&D that doesn't mind being a bit more "adult", give it a shot.
I'm about to start the 2nd novel. Hopefully it's just as entertaining.
Several friends/students are transported via magic to a world akin to their D&D campaign. Their DM provides them with knowledge and weapons to find a way to escape back to the real world.
Right?
Now add 80s fantasy grit and adult themes and you have The Sleeping Dragon by Joel Rosenberg. The first in a several books he's written set in this series.
While never actually saying they are playing D&D they do call it "The Game" and it has Clerics and Wizards and Warriors and Thieves. The Wizards use the Vancian (D&D) magic system.
Whats interesting that instead of being just themselves in this magic world they are their characters and they have like 2 minds constantly trying to take charge. Like the Fighter knows what his conan knock off knows and how to fight etc and sometimes this anger filled personality kicks in. The thief can't not steal things. Some of the characters like this and some don't. It's an interesting spin. And often the characters don't get along due to these brisk personalities.
As for the adult themes, slavery is big in this world and the characters decide its up to them to end it.. after dealing with a lot of it. Also things like rape happen (and the trauma that goes with it) because this world is kind of grimdark and slavers are going to "use" their slaves etc. (they end up getting a sword in the gut btw).
Over all I liked it despite a few things but again it's a gritty 80s kind of thing. Very Conan the Barbarian-ish sort of. If you want a story set in (not) D&D that doesn't mind being a bit more "adult", give it a shot.
I'm about to start the 2nd novel. Hopefully it's just as entertaining.
