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<blockquote data-quote="RainOfSteel" data-source="post: 3350871" data-attributes="member: 24460">Tolkein himself copied a whole host of existing Fantasy tropes, real world myth, and prior fiction.&nbsp; He even used the ancient Journey of the Hero theme.To say that others were copying Tolkein verbatim is to point the metaphorial finger in the wrong direction.They were all copiers!&nbsp; Even Shakespear was a copier!What made each of them good was the unique characters and their personal stories they created, their unique milieus and magic systems, and their personal writing style/voice.At best Tolkein's name may be used to denoate a subgenre of Fantasy because his work is so famous, but that is it.Some consider it to be the best of the subgenre, but I can tell you that many do not.-------------------------------As to your main question, I see no one has mentioned <a href="http://www.jorune.org/" target="_blank">Skyrealms of Jorune</a>.&nbsp; I'm not saying you'll like it, but it most assuredly does not resemble a standard DnD world.-------------------------------I saw your update, and Jorune may not fit the bill after all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RainOfSteel, post: 3350871, member: 24460"] Tolkein himself copied a whole host of existing Fantasy tropes, real world myth, and prior fiction. He even used the ancient Journey of the Hero theme. To say that others were copying Tolkein verbatim is to point the metaphorial finger in the wrong direction. They were all copiers! Even Shakespear was a copier! What made each of them good was the unique characters and their personal stories they created, their unique milieus and magic systems, and their personal writing style/voice. At best Tolkein's name may be used to denoate a subgenre of Fantasy because his work is so famous, but that is it. Some consider it to be the best of the subgenre, but I can tell you that many do not. ------------------------------- As to your main question, I see no one has mentioned [url=http://www.jorune.org/]Skyrealms of Jorune[/url]. I'm not saying you'll like it, but it most assuredly does [i]not[/i] resemble a standard DnD world. ------------------------------- I saw your update, and Jorune may not fit the bill after all. [/QUOTE]

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