Heroic Fantasy and TTRPG: The Relative Utility of Common Denominator Settings

[GobHag]

ALright after reading it more thouroughly this does make a lot of sense because I do say that "You can put a spaceship in a High Fantasy setting, but you can't put a dragon in a sci-fi setting"

Note the 'a's there because I don't include works which have those as a main or secondary focus with those out of genre subjects.

 

[The-Magic-Sword]

I mean, if the argument that "generic fantasy pastiche" has taken on an existence of its own, and is now feeding its own descendant spinoffs and subgenres, I wholeheartedly agree.

The exact borders are of course blurry, and its definitions change as new popular media arises, but it is most definitely a thing. And a lot of media defines itself by borrowing most of the tropes but then modifying or adding something new to create a new flavor.

Pretty much, and I think that the popularity of that existence is having an interesting effect on how people approach concepts they like at the TTRPG table.

 

[Pedantic]

I think the process has been going on longer than you suggest here, but it might be accelerating. I'd point to the perceived lethality of swords and melee combat in general going down as a nod toward the D&D milieu's impact.

 

[aramis erak]

ALright after reading it more thouroughly this does make a lot of sense because I do say that "You can put a spaceship in a High Fantasy setting, but you can't put a dragon in a sci-fi setting"

Note the 'a's there because I don't include works which have those as a main or secondary focus with those out of genre subjects.

Anne McCaffrey did. Albeit not as foes.