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<blockquote data-quote="Greg K" data-source="post: 5473398" data-attributes="member: 5038">From the designers: Lord of the Rings + Pulp (Indiana Jones, Mummy) + Noir (Maltese Falcon) and a desire to capture the feel of Hollywood blockbusters (which I, generally, dislike).I like Lord of the Rings. I like Indiana Jones. I like the Maltese Falcon. The Mummy is not bad.&nbsp; However, I like them individually rather than mixed.Now, on top of those influences, the designers deliberately made the world to accomodate anything published in the D&amp;D books.&nbsp; That's kitchen sink which I hate.They also played up the impact of D&amp;D&nbsp; magic upon the setting.&nbsp; This does not interest in it.&nbsp; I prefer to reduce the magic in the world and remove spells to accomodate it.When you take the influences and the impact of magic on the setting, I get the early industrial feel similar to Celebrim (not necessarily the same authors except for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for The Lost World due to the dinosaurs).&nbsp; Its interesting, but not something that interests me to play in.&nbsp; Add the kitchen sink element and I, definitely, don't want to play in it and find it uninteresting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greg K, post: 5473398, member: 5038"] From the designers: Lord of the Rings + Pulp (Indiana Jones, Mummy) + Noir (Maltese Falcon) and a desire to capture the feel of Hollywood blockbusters (which I, generally, dislike). I like Lord of the Rings. I like Indiana Jones. I like the Maltese Falcon. The Mummy is not bad. However, I like them individually rather than mixed. Now, on top of those influences, the designers deliberately made the world to accomodate anything published in the D&D books. That's kitchen sink which I hate. They also played up the impact of D&D magic upon the setting. This does not interest in it. I prefer to reduce the magic in the world and remove spells to accomodate it. When you take the influences and the impact of magic on the setting, I get the early industrial feel similar to Celebrim (not necessarily the same authors except for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for The Lost World due to the dinosaurs). Its interesting, but not something that interests me to play in. Add the kitchen sink element and I, definitely, don't want to play in it and find it uninteresting. [/QUOTE]

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