Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Ralif Redhammer" data-source="post: 9233203" data-attributes="member: 30438">Yeah, it's kinda surreal when you realize it. In general the source material isn't great for that, either. I still think that rather than adding Tauriel, Jackson should've just gender-swapped one or two of the dwarves.Jack Vance's writing is so evocative, so sardonic and anti-authoritarian. He paints pictures with words like no one else. And yes, it is gloriously weird. The DCC Dying Earth book is a joy to read, and does a great job at putting a net around the wild texts of Vance's Dying Earth. But as [USER=11760]@Whizbang Dustyboots[/USER] said, it adds a layer of complexity onto core DCC. If you don't already have it, I might suggest DCC Lankhmar instead of The Music of The Spheres Is Chaos, if you're in the mood to buy a DCC boxed set. It likewise excellently distills Leiber's Fafhrd and Grey Mouser stories into RPG form, though without as much complexity as Dying Earth.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ralif Redhammer, post: 9233203, member: 30438"] Yeah, it's kinda surreal when you realize it. In general the source material isn't great for that, either. I still think that rather than adding Tauriel, Jackson should've just gender-swapped one or two of the dwarves. Jack Vance's writing is so evocative, so sardonic and anti-authoritarian. He paints pictures with words like no one else. And yes, it is gloriously weird. The DCC Dying Earth book is a joy to read, and does a great job at putting a net around the wild texts of Vance's Dying Earth. But as [USER=11760]@Whizbang Dustyboots[/USER] said, it adds a layer of complexity onto core DCC. If you don't already have it, I might suggest DCC Lankhmar instead of The Music of The Spheres Is Chaos, if you're in the mood to buy a DCC boxed set. It likewise excellently distills Leiber's Fafhrd and Grey Mouser stories into RPG form, though without as much complexity as Dying Earth. [/QUOTE]

Verification