tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737809845612070971.post1665895122677613391..comments2024-03-23T05:22:21.865-07:00Comments on Elfmaids & Octopi: Orientalism and AdventurersKonsumterrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170560484656800416noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737809845612070971.post-485384801557115942016-02-28T09:47:26.133-08:002016-02-28T09:47:26.133-08:00cheerscheersKonsumterrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170560484656800416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737809845612070971.post-29085317420600957102016-02-27T11:35:58.411-08:002016-02-27T11:35:58.411-08:00"No players are going to read your personal S..."No players are going to read your personal Silmarillion and you don't need that much depth to rob graves and kill humanoids." <br /><br />So true<br /><br />"I think medieval Japan was probably as bad as Sparta and I don't want to glamorize them."<br /><br />Absolutely<br /><br /><br />Alec Semicognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06507482266305964982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737809845612070971.post-46584772729814823202016-02-25T14:57:33.867-08:002016-02-25T14:57:33.867-08:00cheers findingf your blog was best thing i got fro...cheers findingf your blog was best thing i got from that thread of patrick's<br /><br />probably some of the best character classes ive seen<br />Konsumterrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170560484656800416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737809845612070971.post-18012082566574038762016-02-25T14:30:03.164-08:002016-02-25T14:30:03.164-08:00Really glad you're enjoying the ATWC blog, Chr...Really glad you're enjoying the ATWC blog, Chris! Elfmaids and Octopi has always been one of my favourite OSR blogs, so it's great to be able to give something back!<br /><br />I also really like Clark Ashton Smith's 'Zothique', partly because - as you say - it uses all the Orientalist imagery without ever once pretending that it has anything to do with real-world Asia, past or present. Which is probably the best way to use it, to be honest...Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.com