Lookin' for high-level, low-fantasy Story Hour

[Emiricol]

I'd like an example of a fairly low-fantasy (greyhawk-esque) but high level game on Story Hour. Recommendations?

(level 13 or higher please)

 

[Darkness]

Piratecat's?

Not too "low" on magic, tho', I guess.

(Edit - oh, you said low fantasy. Hmm... Like Greyhawk, you said? Might be possible...)

 

[Darkness]

Anyway: I'm sure the SH posters themselves will be sure to let you know shortly.

So pimp away, folks!

 

[WizarDru]

Re: Lookin' for high-level Story Hour

I'd like an example of a fairly low-fantasy (greyhawk-esque) but high level game on Story Hour. Recommendations?

(level 13 or higher please)

Am I correct to understand that you want a Story Hour that's low magic, but high-level? I'm not sure there is such an animal. Piratecat's story hour is the first and best high-level one out there...but it's certainly not low-magic.

Both Wulf's and my Story Hour are reaching high-level, but magic is quite present (and mine IS Greyhawk).

I'm not sure such an animal exists, in honesty. There are a few that are focused much more on story than mechanics, though.

 

[S'mon]

I think he means 'low fantasy' as in Thieves' World, Lankhmar, Conan et al, as opposed to the 'high fantasy' of Tolkien, Eddings, Donaldson etc - there was a great article about this in Dragon, many years back.

 

[Thanee]

So basically a story about people with their own problems that do not continually strive to save the world? That about right?

Bye
Thanee

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

So basically a story about people with their own problems that do not continually strive to save the world? That about right?

Bye
Thanee

That certainly doesn't include Conan or Lankhmar then.

 

[Darkness]

I think he means 'low fantasy' as in Thieves' World, Lankhmar, Conan et al, as opposed to the 'high fantasy' of Tolkien, Eddings, Donaldson etc - there was a great article about this in Dragon, many years back.

Any hint as to which issue (e.g., approximate year, what the cover looks like, etc.) this was in? 'cause I have the Dragon 1-250 CD collection, and you got me interested in this now...

 

[S'mon]

Any hint as to which issue (e.g., approximate year, what the cover looks like, etc.) this was in? 'cause I have the Dragon 1-250 CD collection, and you got me interested in this now...

Hi - you're in luck, I just spent 10 minutes digging through old Dragon magazines. Unsirprisingly it's from the golden age of pre-'90s* Dragon, before it went cr*p. It's "The Highs & Lows of Fantasy" in issue 143, pg 36. The author clearly favours the 'High' style but it's a fascinating look at both genres.

*edit: I said pre-2e but was wrong, it dates from 1989.

 

[Emiricol]

I'd like to read that article, if it would be okay - emiricol-at-hotmail.com.

If not, that's okay too