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What Genre of Fantasy would fit an Adventure in the Abyss?
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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 8549780" data-attributes="member: 20323"><p>I realize this is a subjective question, but I'm very curious about your insights and opinions.</p><p></p><p><em>Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus</em> featured a deep dive into the first layer of the Nine Hells. In the marketing it was described as <a href="https://www.inverse.com/article/59230-dungeons-and-dragons-descent-into-avernus-writer-reveals-mad-max-inspiration" target="_blank">Mad Max in Hell</a>, and the designers cited wanting to bring the feel of <em>Mad Max: Fury Road</em> to D&D (the "Apocalyptic Road Warrior" genre?).</p><p></p><p>If you were pitching an adventure heavily featuring the Abyss, what sub-genre of fantasy would you aim for?</p><p>Another way to phrase the question: if you described it as "_____" meets D&D, or "_____" meets<strong><strong> "_____"</strong></strong>, how would you fill in those blanks?</p><p></p><p>As part of the question, if you're game to play, I'm trying to keep in mind what existing official 5e D&D adventures have already done, and focus on new approaches. For instance, <em>Storm King's Thunder</em> could be described as "Shakespeare's King Lear meets giants", <em>Rime of the Frostmaiden</em> was an adventure of "modern horror a la <em>The Thin</em>g in an arctic setting", and <em>Wild Beyond the Witchlight</em> could be described "Bradbury's <em>Something Wicked This Way Comes</em> meets D&D."</p><p></p><p>...</p><p></p><p>EDIT: This is cross-posted from the r/DMAcademy subreddit. <a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Azzagrat" target="_blank">Azzagrat</a>, specifically, is what I'm thinking about. But I didn't want to limit anyone's contributions if they were unfamiliar, and wanted to let you cast as wide a net with your imaginations as possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 8549780, member: 20323"] I realize this is a subjective question, but I'm very curious about your insights and opinions. [I]Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus[/I] featured a deep dive into the first layer of the Nine Hells. In the marketing it was described as [URL='https://www.inverse.com/article/59230-dungeons-and-dragons-descent-into-avernus-writer-reveals-mad-max-inspiration']Mad Max in Hell[/URL], and the designers cited wanting to bring the feel of [I]Mad Max: Fury Road[/I] to D&D (the "Apocalyptic Road Warrior" genre?). If you were pitching an adventure heavily featuring the Abyss, what sub-genre of fantasy would you aim for? Another way to phrase the question: if you described it as "_____" meets D&D, or "_____"[B][B] [/B][/B]meets[B][B] "_____"[/B][/B], how would you fill in those blanks? As part of the question, if you're game to play, I'm trying to keep in mind what existing official 5e D&D adventures have already done, and focus on new approaches. For instance, [I]Storm King's Thunder[/I] could be described as "Shakespeare's King Lear meets giants", [I]Rime of the Frostmaiden[/I] was an adventure of "modern horror a la [I]The Thin[/I]g in an arctic setting", and [I]Wild Beyond the Witchlight[/I] could be described "Bradbury's [I]Something Wicked This Way Comes[/I] meets D&D." ... EDIT: This is cross-posted from the r/DMAcademy subreddit. [URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Azzagrat']Azzagrat[/URL], specifically, is what I'm thinking about. But I didn't want to limit anyone's contributions if they were unfamiliar, and wanted to let you cast as wide a net with your imaginations as possible. [/QUOTE]
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