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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8077947" data-attributes="member: 6801228">I guess it comes down to what do you mean about "knowing" I don't feel like I know Conan. I've never read a single novel or comic, I've seen only clips of the movies. I've picked up bits. He is very strong, clever, and stealthy. He killed lots of evil magic users. He was a slave at one point. He parties hard and enjoys fighting. But, I wouldn't say I know him any better than I know anything else that I've just heard the name of a bunch of times. And S+S seems to be... just gritty fantasy? I've seen it put up against High Fantasy a lot, so the intent seems to be that it is lower powered fantasy, but also it is fighting against gods and monsters that are truly terrifying forces. It also rarely has good magic-users. I think a little bit about Sparhawk from David Eddings, or some of the motley crew from the Mistborn series. Or that one PS1 game I played years ago, Heroes of Might and Magic, where the guy got a cursed mask shoved over his face.But, do I know S+S? I wouldn't say so. I'm not familiar enough with it to even know if a given property fits the genre. Just as I couldn't tell you what qualifies as "Black Metal" compared to "Heavy Metal" compared to "Metal". I'm just not that familiar with the terms.</blockquote>