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<blockquote data-quote="Libertad" data-source="post: 9132407" data-attributes="member: 6750502"><p>One thing I like with the two-page spread art is that it shows that you can have a dark fantasy setting that is still high magic in feel. It's been common for many such settings to go for the low fantasy feel where magic, nonhumans, and the like are rare, often mythical things. And while that does work, it's not necessarily the default. Shadow of the Demon Lord is another good dark fantasy setting that handles this IMO, as they were once a typical standard fantasy setting...that is suffering from an overwhelming extraplanar threat from the aforementioned demons.</p><p></p><p>I do agree in not being a fan of the scaling backgrounds. IIRC the Player's Guide did a similar thing with weapons, which have Advanced Weapons, with various weapons that are basically more powerful than the PHB ones with larger damage dice and stuff. It does suffer from a "let's make the numbers bigger, that'll be cooler!" mentality.</p><p></p><p>Ghostfire is working on a region sourcebook as their next KickStarter: the Valikan Clans, specifically. Which feels an odd choice, as I expected their first big setting expansion to focus on one of the two big empires.</p><p></p><p>I do feel ya on the flat feeling of Fantasy Spain. I have a friend who studies the history of that country, and a lot of people don't do the country justice in covering just how much neat stuff there is in its history. Then again, a lot of fantasy author's focus on neat stuff in Medieval Europe really falls off a cliff once they venture outside England/Britain, so it's a larger problem on that front.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Libertad, post: 9132407, member: 6750502"] One thing I like with the two-page spread art is that it shows that you can have a dark fantasy setting that is still high magic in feel. It's been common for many such settings to go for the low fantasy feel where magic, nonhumans, and the like are rare, often mythical things. And while that does work, it's not necessarily the default. Shadow of the Demon Lord is another good dark fantasy setting that handles this IMO, as they were once a typical standard fantasy setting...that is suffering from an overwhelming extraplanar threat from the aforementioned demons. I do agree in not being a fan of the scaling backgrounds. IIRC the Player's Guide did a similar thing with weapons, which have Advanced Weapons, with various weapons that are basically more powerful than the PHB ones with larger damage dice and stuff. It does suffer from a "let's make the numbers bigger, that'll be cooler!" mentality. Ghostfire is working on a region sourcebook as their next KickStarter: the Valikan Clans, specifically. Which feels an odd choice, as I expected their first big setting expansion to focus on one of the two big empires. I do feel ya on the flat feeling of Fantasy Spain. I have a friend who studies the history of that country, and a lot of people don't do the country justice in covering just how much neat stuff there is in its history. Then again, a lot of fantasy author's focus on neat stuff in Medieval Europe really falls off a cliff once they venture outside England/Britain, so it's a larger problem on that front. [/QUOTE]
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