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<blockquote data-quote="Tarrasque Wrangler" data-source="post: 1792337" data-attributes="member: 7473">One minor nit to pick: I generally find narration in TV and movies to be the mark of a hack writer (only exception that comes to mind: Johnny Depp's in &quot;Fear &amp; Loathing in Las Vegas&quot;).&nbsp; I'm firmly in the &quot;show, don't tell&quot; school of storytelling.&nbsp; If all you want to do is recap what's gone before, I think the tried and true &quot;Previously on...&quot; at the beginning of the ep should be fine.&nbsp;&nbsp;Other than that, I think a generic fantasy (or heck, ungeneric - Eberron: The Series would rock!) show would be swell, but I'd stay away from trying to be D&amp;D.&nbsp; D&amp;D purists won't like the inevitable compromises that have to be made (&quot;No way could he have made that save!&quot;), people who like RPGs and fantasy but hate D&amp;D (they are out there; hell, I was one) will be turned off by the branding, and viewers who wouldn't know D&amp;D from DSL will just be confused and say, &quot;Isn't that that Satanic game from the 80s?&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;That said, I think a few nods to the D&amp;D crowd would be cool.&nbsp; Gotta have a mage tossing fireballs.&nbsp; Maybe a &quot;holy warrior&quot; laying hands on the wounded too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tarrasque Wrangler, post: 1792337, member: 7473"] One minor nit to pick: I generally find narration in TV and movies to be the mark of a hack writer (only exception that comes to mind: Johnny Depp's in "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas"). I'm firmly in the "show, don't tell" school of storytelling. If all you want to do is recap what's gone before, I think the tried and true "Previously on..." at the beginning of the ep should be fine. Other than that, I think a generic fantasy (or heck, [i]un[/i]generic - Eberron: The Series would rock!) show would be swell, but I'd stay away from trying to be D&D. D&D purists won't like the inevitable compromises that have to be made ("No way could he have made that save!"), people who like RPGs and fantasy but hate D&D (they are out there; hell, I was one) will be turned off by the branding, and viewers who wouldn't know D&D from DSL will just be confused and say, "Isn't that that Satanic game from the 80s?" That said, I think a few nods to the D&D crowd would be cool. Gotta have a mage tossing fireballs. Maybe a "holy warrior" laying hands on the wounded too. [/QUOTE]

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