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<blockquote data-quote="Yora" data-source="post: 8342207" data-attributes="member: 6670763"><p>I'd guess that be a question for a general S&S discussion, not so much about writing adventures.</p><p></p><p>Coming back to that topic and continuing my post from yesterday, I think one useful way to describe large sections of Sword & Sorcery is "sensual", in every sense of that word.</p><p>While many heroes have their drama-queen moments of self-pitty, when running a game, I think the focus should be on action and excitement. Sword & Sorcery in the style of Howard and Frazetta is sweaty, dusty, grimey, and highly physical. There's of course lots of people getting impaled on swords, but I think there should also be a lot of wrestling in the combat. Wrestling with other humans, large apes, and huge snakes, breaking the necks of crocodiles, tearing limbs of undead, and strangling angry wolves.</p><p>Pretty much everyone is hot and they all love to show off their bodies. Heroes are hot, nobles are hot. All evil sorceresses are hot and even many evil sorcerers are total hunks. Even Skeletor is a hunk. There's lots of wine and food, and in fights everyone gets covered in blood.</p><p>The arctic all-wether loincloth is silly, but it exists for a reason.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yora, post: 8342207, member: 6670763"] I'd guess that be a question for a general S&S discussion, not so much about writing adventures. Coming back to that topic and continuing my post from yesterday, I think one useful way to describe large sections of Sword & Sorcery is "sensual", in every sense of that word. While many heroes have their drama-queen moments of self-pitty, when running a game, I think the focus should be on action and excitement. Sword & Sorcery in the style of Howard and Frazetta is sweaty, dusty, grimey, and highly physical. There's of course lots of people getting impaled on swords, but I think there should also be a lot of wrestling in the combat. Wrestling with other humans, large apes, and huge snakes, breaking the necks of crocodiles, tearing limbs of undead, and strangling angry wolves. Pretty much everyone is hot and they all love to show off their bodies. Heroes are hot, nobles are hot. All evil sorceresses are hot and even many evil sorcerers are total hunks. Even Skeletor is a hunk. There's lots of wine and food, and in fights everyone gets covered in blood. The arctic all-wether loincloth is silly, but it exists for a reason. [/QUOTE]
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