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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Shaman" data-source="post: 2251101" data-attributes="member: 26473">That sounds about right to me.I've used the trope 'grim 'n' gritty' without serious regard for a specific definition in the past - perhaps the contrast between 'heroic' and 'super-heroic' might be better for me, since high levels of lethality, which seems to be a unifying concept of grim 'n' gritty as described here so far, doesn't necessarily describe my approach. I think it's also in keeping with the idea that D&D is a game about heroes, and the differences in campaign-styles are by a matter of degree.So what is the difference between heroic and super-heroic?I've been thinking of examples in a couple of different genres. For example, 'heroic fantasy' could be represented by The 13th Warrior or Dragonslayer while 'super-heroic fantasy' would be closer to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon or Hero (the Jet Li movie, not the Dustin Hoffman movie!). In the Modern genre, it could be the difference between Ronin or The Bourne Identity and Charlie's Angels or Kill Bill, Vol. 1.Going back to the fantasy, Lord of the Rings would be closer to heroic fantasy than super-heroic fantasy (with the exception of Legolas sliding down the stairs on his shield or swinging aboard the mumakil) while The Golden Voyage of Sinbad would probably be around the midpoint between the two.I haven't put a lot of thought into this - it just popped into my head on reading Steel_Wind's post - so please be kind as you point out the foolish error of my ways.</blockquote>

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