OLA has clearly one of the best pantheon I have ever seen
Jul 31, 2018 13:04:46 GMT
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Post by Askolei on Jul 31, 2018 13:04:46 GMT
Hi there. I do a lot of tabletops (first classic DnD, now Pathfinder) and read a lot of fantasy books so I have seen my share of world settings. I think OLA have one of the best.
I am especially fond of the life strand concept that DnD "metaverse" (can I say that?) is sorely lacking. In general OLA (and TOOTS) do a really good job integrating their story with the clusterfuck that is DnD's mechanics and rules of magic. As an apprentice DM myself, I have the deepest respect for that writing talent.
OLA have excellent protagonists, I'm especially fond of the villains. They have consistent, credible plans and gracefully jump over the classic pits of clichés that plagues all too many high-fantasy settings1. Even the demons - who are supposed to embody evil - are full of surprises.
But what really caught my attention were the gods of Manjulias. I first loved that funny face in the sun that is Nehhilio and the antics of Quizmalia (I really appreciate the random chests concept !) and then there was the encounter with Tlodnal followers, the god of Death. It was really worth reading his biography. So the god of Death is originally a lonely, depressed child who asked his believers to send the soul of their foes to keep him company... For eternity. Woah. We have a pure nugget of genius here and the part about the circle against evil is sending shivers down my spine, even though I read Book 3 several years ago. It's always great to see a non-standard god of Death and this one manages to be both impressively creative and depressingly accurate.
I don't really know how to conclude what is essentially an fan open-letter. Allow me to (lately) introduce myself: I'm french, 27 years old. I live in suburb city near Paris called "Meudon-la-forĂȘt" and I did ENSIIE IT school which you may have indirectly heard if you frequent ocremix.org/ because the students used to host a mirror called iiens.net. It was basically nerd school. You would not believe the amount of people that ran tabletops, played video games and watched animes. It was then I heard about RPG stickmen webcomics (among a lot of other great things) and that's how I got here.
I wish you all the best,
--Basile
1 TOOTS would simply hangs a nice lampshade over said pits
I am especially fond of the life strand concept that DnD "metaverse" (can I say that?) is sorely lacking. In general OLA (and TOOTS) do a really good job integrating their story with the clusterfuck that is DnD's mechanics and rules of magic. As an apprentice DM myself, I have the deepest respect for that writing talent.
OLA have excellent protagonists, I'm especially fond of the villains. They have consistent, credible plans and gracefully jump over the classic pits of clichés that plagues all too many high-fantasy settings1. Even the demons - who are supposed to embody evil - are full of surprises.
But what really caught my attention were the gods of Manjulias. I first loved that funny face in the sun that is Nehhilio and the antics of Quizmalia (I really appreciate the random chests concept !) and then there was the encounter with Tlodnal followers, the god of Death. It was really worth reading his biography. So the god of Death is originally a lonely, depressed child who asked his believers to send the soul of their foes to keep him company... For eternity. Woah. We have a pure nugget of genius here and the part about the circle against evil is sending shivers down my spine, even though I read Book 3 several years ago. It's always great to see a non-standard god of Death and this one manages to be both impressively creative and depressingly accurate.
I don't really know how to conclude what is essentially an fan open-letter. Allow me to (lately) introduce myself: I'm french, 27 years old. I live in suburb city near Paris called "Meudon-la-forĂȘt" and I did ENSIIE IT school which you may have indirectly heard if you frequent ocremix.org/ because the students used to host a mirror called iiens.net. It was basically nerd school. You would not believe the amount of people that ran tabletops, played video games and watched animes. It was then I heard about RPG stickmen webcomics (among a lot of other great things) and that's how I got here.
I wish you all the best,
--Basile
1 TOOTS would simply hangs a nice lampshade over said pits