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<blockquote data-quote="schneeland" data-source="post: 9204962" data-attributes="member: 6900337"><p>Naturally this has varied a bit over time, but currently I'd go for these as top 5:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Low(ish) adventuring fantasy: </strong>people travelling a pseudo-medieval fantasy or renaissance world, exploring places fantastic and munde, fighting monsters and humans alike, solving riddles and taking quests; classic fantasy faces, classic monsters, magic is possible but either very dangerous or otherwise restricted - basically stuff like Forbidden Lands, low to mid-level play in older editions of D&D, a lot of OSR stuff or Warhammer Fantasy in the Old World.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Classic cyberpunk (with or without magic)</strong>: low-life in a retro future where large corporations hold sway over the average people, and where people in the shadows carve out their niche, uncover conspiracies or deal with AIs reaching the point of sentience. Some face these challenges with cybernetic muscle and powered-up nerves, others by jacking into a data port or commanding drones. Magic and generally super-natural things exist, but they don't dominate everything. A large part of the protagonists' life is taking missions from shady fixers, but there's also a slice of life aspect where they interact with other people from their hood and try to build a bit of a non-criminal life. This would be stuff like Night City from Cyberpunk or Shadowrun in the 2050s.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Modern pulp adventures: </strong>people of the 20th century looking for historic artifacts and treasure alike, going to remote places, exploring old temples and tombs, (hopefully) evading traps and often dealing with dangerous competition for said artifacts - basically stuff like Indiana Jones, Uncharted or Tomb Raider (with preference given to the latter two).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Mythic/weird history (preferably late Middle Ages & Early Modern)</strong>: historical settings, enriched with mythical elements, e.g. Crusades, but the opposition is in liege with demons and devils, or 30 years war, but there's also vampires and other monsters. Characters are equipped with swords or with muskets; supernatural elements exist, but if characters have access to magic, it's more akin to witchcraft or divine powers manifesting in the faithful rather than the classic spell list magic of fantasy games. To a certain extent this can be found in Ars Magica's Mythic Europe, or in the setting of Hexxen 1733.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Swashbuckling fantasy/pirates (optionally with weird elements)</strong>: Sailing the high seas, plundering cargo vessels, fighting the navy, and, of course, looking for treasure. Characters will typically be good at heart, but still have questionable morals when it comes to other people's property. The setting may or may not contain supernatural elements, but if they exist they are probably something like curses, undead, or giant sea monsters that also appear in the respective stories or movies.</li> </ul><p>There's more stuff I like (in particular in the Sci-Fi area), but it didn't make the cut for the top 5.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="schneeland, post: 9204962, member: 6900337"] Naturally this has varied a bit over time, but currently I'd go for these as top 5: [LIST] [*][B]Low(ish) adventuring fantasy: [/B]people travelling a pseudo-medieval fantasy or renaissance world, exploring places fantastic and munde, fighting monsters and humans alike, solving riddles and taking quests; classic fantasy faces, classic monsters, magic is possible but either very dangerous or otherwise restricted - basically stuff like Forbidden Lands, low to mid-level play in older editions of D&D, a lot of OSR stuff or Warhammer Fantasy in the Old World. [*][B]Classic cyberpunk (with or without magic)[/B]: low-life in a retro future where large corporations hold sway over the average people, and where people in the shadows carve out their niche, uncover conspiracies or deal with AIs reaching the point of sentience. Some face these challenges with cybernetic muscle and powered-up nerves, others by jacking into a data port or commanding drones. Magic and generally super-natural things exist, but they don't dominate everything. A large part of the protagonists' life is taking missions from shady fixers, but there's also a slice of life aspect where they interact with other people from their hood and try to build a bit of a non-criminal life. This would be stuff like Night City from Cyberpunk or Shadowrun in the 2050s. [*][B]Modern pulp adventures: [/B]people of the 20th century looking for historic artifacts and treasure alike, going to remote places, exploring old temples and tombs, (hopefully) evading traps and often dealing with dangerous competition for said artifacts - basically stuff like Indiana Jones, Uncharted or Tomb Raider (with preference given to the latter two). [*][B]Mythic/weird history (preferably late Middle Ages & Early Modern)[/B]: historical settings, enriched with mythical elements, e.g. Crusades, but the opposition is in liege with demons and devils, or 30 years war, but there's also vampires and other monsters. Characters are equipped with swords or with muskets; supernatural elements exist, but if characters have access to magic, it's more akin to witchcraft or divine powers manifesting in the faithful rather than the classic spell list magic of fantasy games. To a certain extent this can be found in Ars Magica's Mythic Europe, or in the setting of Hexxen 1733. [*][B]Swashbuckling fantasy/pirates (optionally with weird elements)[/B]: Sailing the high seas, plundering cargo vessels, fighting the navy, and, of course, looking for treasure. Characters will typically be good at heart, but still have questionable morals when it comes to other people's property. The setting may or may not contain supernatural elements, but if they exist they are probably something like curses, undead, or giant sea monsters that also appear in the respective stories or movies. [/LIST] There's more stuff I like (in particular in the Sci-Fi area), but it didn't make the cut for the top 5. [/QUOTE]
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