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<blockquote data-quote="Shardstone" data-source="post: 9303040" data-attributes="member: 6807784">FromSoft's Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden Ring games all heavily influence my aesthetics, as does Berserk.Mostly manga from there on; Bleach, Hunter X Hunter, Jujutsu Kaisen, Neon Genesis, YuYu Hakusho, Vagabond -&gt; these all changed how I see the idea of &quot;power&quot; and &quot;fighting&quot; and how both of these things can both reflect and develop character&nbsp; They also impacted how I treat powers.The Silmarillion is the single biggest Fantasy book influence on me, and is still my favorite. I also love Lord Dunsany's stuff, which I ate as a teen. Game of Thrones books, the Conan short stories, and the Elric short stories are also shaped a lot of what my tastes are.Video games helped a lot too. Assassin's Creed franchise is a big one. Funnily enough, the Return of the King video game was a big influencer on me. The movies as whole were, the books less so. Aragorn/Strider is still my fave fantasy character ever and has a huge place in my mind, and is why Ranger is always my 2nd fave class, even if I think the class design is mid.These things all boil down into my current tastes and aesthetics when it comes to tabletop specifically.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shardstone, post: 9303040, member: 6807784"] FromSoft's Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden Ring games all heavily influence my aesthetics, as does Berserk. Mostly manga from there on; Bleach, Hunter X Hunter, Jujutsu Kaisen, Neon Genesis, YuYu Hakusho, Vagabond -> these all changed how I see the idea of "power" and "fighting" and how both of these things can both reflect and develop character They also impacted how I treat powers. The Silmarillion is the single biggest Fantasy book influence on me, and is still my favorite. I also love Lord Dunsany's stuff, which I ate as a teen. Game of Thrones books, the Conan short stories, and the Elric short stories are also shaped a lot of what my tastes are. Video games helped a lot too. Assassin's Creed franchise is a big one. Funnily enough, the Return of the King video game was a big influencer on me. The movies as whole were, the books less so. Aragorn/Strider is still my fave fantasy character ever and has a huge place in my mind, and is why Ranger is always my 2nd fave class, even if I think the class design is mid. These things all boil down into my current tastes and aesthetics when it comes to tabletop specifically. [/QUOTE]

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