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That is more aetherpunk or magitech, IMO. Contemporary Fantasy is usually set in our world, with magic stuff.

Sure, and nothing stops indie developers from doing something very traditional, or traditional developers from doing something experimental. In TTRPGs there is also the question of what constitutes an indie developer. Is Kobold indie?

Again, anyone who goes into dungeons looking for loot is certifiably insane. Completely bonkers. Nutso.

Here's the new trailer: I must admit, this one sells me on the movie -- even Momoa's Main Man.

To use video games as an example, there are "indie" video games of every conceivable style, genre and level of quality. "Indie" doesn't mean anything from a gameplay standpoint. Same with TTRPGs -- but, for some reason, we have decided that "indie" roleplaying games must have x, y and z qualities.

The rest of your post was mostly about combat vs non combat detail and depth. That is a wholly different issue. "Mini games" and "switching modes" allows a game to include elements that are important to play (or at least important to the designers) on their own merits. Forcing games to use the...

"Indie" as a description of what something is, as opposed to how it was made and by whom, has always bugged me -- in music, in games, in film, in fiction, etc... Indie is when people manage to create it without the benefit of a big corporation. It has nothing to do with genre.

Why not?

Not yet, but I certainly hope to:

(as seen on Facebook) Who in the WORLD would name a kids' sports team the WARHAWKS? I can't even...

Delvers are, in a word, completely insane. Normal people would be very nervous around them, even if they are a good source of revenue.

Beggars can't be choosers.

I didn't think so, but after a quick google I think I must have at least skimmed through it at some point.

Aaaand how.

I know "balance" is not a huge issue with Shadowdark, but even so: has anyone done the math and/or broken down the examples so that we have a sense of what the capabilities of and numbers are across levels for SD classes? Even if loose, it would help with my project.

Ok. I definitely feel like I am being trolled now, or maybe I accidentally slipped into a parallel universe where words have different meanings.

And the contemporary fantasy connection?

i am struggling to understand how Barsoom is "contemporary fantasy." It would work for portal fantasy, of course, but...