Recent content by Scott Christian

I actually think of D&D as a setting. Not FR or Greyhawk or Ebberon, but D&D. And I think the rules are fantastic for the D&D setting. I was commenting on a 5-page blurb added to the DM's Guide that contains alternate rules for S&S.

I agree 100%. I just meant as a 5-page blurb in the DM's Guide. That's all.

Huh? In the books, Conan almost died from a tiger? In the first movie - he died! And then, he would have died again had it not been for the ghost of Valeria. You obviously seem hung up on the literary genre, which, spoiler alert, has many-many-many heroes and characters that don't die. It's in...

Oh, I agree that the rules don't fit the setting. I am definitely a person who thinks the rules need to fit the setting, which means the setting needs to be created first. But I still think a five-page blurb on the setting with rule changes never hurt anyone. At the least, it would afford...

He coined the term for the literary genre - not the gaming genre. The two can have differences. They can also change over time. The simple presence of Critical Role has changed the TTRPG genre of heroic fantasy over the course of their tenure.

As you can see from just these posts, let alone the broad range of people who play D&D, that there is no "generally accepted definition" of sword and sorcery. And what I posted isn't what I like, it is what is in the mind's eye of many-many people when they think of sword and sorcery. And that...

I realize and acknowledge Moorcock's contributions to the sword and sorcery literature genre. But TTRPGs are not novels, as many on here are so aptly to point out. They are games. And games are influenced just as much, if not more, by cinema and pop-culture. I have only read one Manga in my...

I really don't see Elric fitting in with the swords and sorcery genre. I think the best example you can give is Conan. And probably an even more refined example would be the first Conan movie. There is actually quite a bit of magic in the movie; however, its flavor text is written differently...

I think you remove certain spells (maybe even the magic system), fiddle with the long rest/healing, show DMs and players how to adjust flavor text, beef up singular creatures, and make fighting a large group of guards close to impossible (possibly tinkering with armor). I think part of the goal...

I agree. But, that is why it should just be a five-page rule variation in the DM's Guide.

This may sound odd, especially considering the gaming world seems to be inundated with them, but I would say maps, terrain, and minis. But there is a catch, but I would like ones that are more customizable. I know Inkarnate and Dwarven Forge, and I use it. Also, I have used HeroForge on occasion...

The show, although lacking for many, had a cute episode titled: "The Joy of Cooking." It was imaginative, and maybe not in line with the motif of the series, it was similar to your suggestion and fun. That said, I have been working on a campaign where each character has their thirty-minute...

Back to the results, and maybe it is just this forum, but it amazes me how many people want Swords and Sorcery or Dark Fantasy, yet D&D doesn't address it. I don't mean bend their game towards it. I don't think they have to. But a five-page blurb in the DM's Guide with alternate rules - that...

It is clearly not worth the interaction.

No offense, but that is kind of the response I expected from you. You asked for specific examples, supposedly out of an open-mindedness. You asked: I predicted your reply, because I didn't really believe you were being open-minded. You just wanted something to try and pick apart. That is why in...