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Robert E. Howard's Conan AMA With Jason Durall & Chris Lites
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<blockquote data-quote="CoreyHaim8myDog" data-source="post: 6846042" data-attributes="member: 100097"><p>One of the things I like to remember is that many of the tropes of D&D started with Robert E. Howard. Heroic swordplay against weird horrors, seen prominently in AD&D 1E, is very Howardian. So, I think the answer to your question is sort of akin to the sculptor who, when asked how he sculpts a piece, says something like, “I take a block of marble and chip away everything that isn't the sculpture.”</p><p></p><p>That is to say, you take you basic, D&D style fantasy, and chip away everything that isn't Conan. Sword and sorcery is grittier, deadlier and dirtier. It's the cyberpunk of fantasy. You emphasize the mettle of mortal men above magic and so-called deities. All monsters are rare. Magic items all have names and few of them exist. It's a matter of pairing back the high fantasy bonsai tree to find the S&S tree within.</p><p></p><p>Conan can work fine with a small group and a GM or one player and one GM. it is not "party" focused, though. You don't fulfill specific niches. You don't all hang out at the inn waiting to get hired for a job. We aren't sacrificing Robert E. Howard's vision for D&D players. That was an early decision. If someone wants to play high fantasy dungeon crawling, there are already great games out there. This is a third option, hopefully.</p><p></p><p>I probably gravitate most toward Tower of the Elephant or Red Nails, but all of REH's stories and fragments have more or less equal weight in the game's design.</p><p></p><p>Your I Ching fortune says you will be the Kickstarter pledge that puts us over 500,000 dollars.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CoreyHaim8myDog, post: 6846042, member: 100097"] One of the things I like to remember is that many of the tropes of D&D started with Robert E. Howard. Heroic swordplay against weird horrors, seen prominently in AD&D 1E, is very Howardian. So, I think the answer to your question is sort of akin to the sculptor who, when asked how he sculpts a piece, says something like, “I take a block of marble and chip away everything that isn't the sculpture.” That is to say, you take you basic, D&D style fantasy, and chip away everything that isn't Conan. Sword and sorcery is grittier, deadlier and dirtier. It's the cyberpunk of fantasy. You emphasize the mettle of mortal men above magic and so-called deities. All monsters are rare. Magic items all have names and few of them exist. It's a matter of pairing back the high fantasy bonsai tree to find the S&S tree within. Conan can work fine with a small group and a GM or one player and one GM. it is not "party" focused, though. You don't fulfill specific niches. You don't all hang out at the inn waiting to get hired for a job. We aren't sacrificing Robert E. Howard's vision for D&D players. That was an early decision. If someone wants to play high fantasy dungeon crawling, there are already great games out there. This is a third option, hopefully. I probably gravitate most toward Tower of the Elephant or Red Nails, but all of REH's stories and fragments have more or less equal weight in the game's design. Your I Ching fortune says you will be the Kickstarter pledge that puts us over 500,000 dollars. [/QUOTE]
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