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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 4823399" data-attributes="member: 7635">Primarily, its a mash-up of a bunch of different elements of fantasy, myth, and hints of sci-fi and horror all rolled up into a "kitchen sink" of ideas, which the DM can use as many or as little of as he wants. Its the genre were feudal samurai, Celtic druids, Arthurian paladins, knights-templar, Tolkien hobbits, and thewy barbarians all join together in taverns to fight Hammer-horror vampires, Chuthulu-inspired aberrations, Greek medusae and whatever Chinese toy Gary bought in a Five-n-Dime. Specifically though, if you want some of the genre tropes...* Arcane/Divine Magic split. Arcanists use magic to attack, Priests use magic to heal.* Magic is not good or evil; it exists. Heroes and villains can use it alike. * Arcanists are weak, frail, and bookish. * Rest to recover magic, or some other limit on magic use per day.* There a hundreds of sentient "near human" races, each with one or more traits exaggerated to create a "niche" for the race. (Elves are graceful and wise, hobbits small and plucky, orcs brutish and strong, etc). * The Four-man party: Warrior, thief, arcanist, priest.* Dungeons as underground fun-house of monsters, traps, mysteries, and mazes, often with more emphasis on player-challenge than on any given purpose. * Color-coded elemental-based dragons* Magic items Galore, to the point of characters being overladen with themI'm sure there are more.</blockquote>

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