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Post by The Archivist on Mar 18, 2015 10:48:46 GMT -5
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Post by Admin Pete on Mar 18, 2015 14:22:48 GMT -5
These are some great links, thank you! |
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Post by tetramorph on Mar 18, 2015 17:37:07 GMT -5
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Post by Necromancer on Mar 19, 2015 4:42:15 GMT -5
You know what, The Archivist? You're a really resourceful member of this board! Every now and then when I log on I see you've posted lots of new information and useful links. I certainly haven't had the time to read it all through, but whenever I'm in the mood for reading some interesting and inspirational stuff that can be applied to RPG's I now I can just come here and start browsing through all your links. Thanks! Have an Exalt!  |
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Post by cadriel on Mar 19, 2015 11:47:09 GMT -5
When it comes to Arthuriana, I'm a big advocate of going to the sources. Specifically Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur ( Volume I, Volume II). which I find particularly noteworthy because the knights, rather than Arthur himself, are so central to it. Malory follows chivalric literature in general in the sheer bloodiness of his depiction of combat. Limbs go flying and heads get split, sometimes with the sword going straight down into the torso. Yet he's never grim about it, and maintains an adventurous tone throughout the book. I've sometimes been tempted to re-imagine D&D dwarves from an Arthurian standpoint, but it feels wrong. I'd like to use some Arthurian elements if I were to get a game together hexcrawling around the Outdoor Survival map, particularly for Lords in castles. |
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Post by Mr Darke on Mar 19, 2015 14:30:05 GMT -5
Nice links!
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Post by tetramorph on Mar 19, 2015 20:38:21 GMT -5
Yes, cadriel, you are absolutely right about the Authurian element implicit in OS wilderness adventure. |
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Post by finarvyn on Mar 20, 2015 10:17:29 GMT -5
I have several decent King Arthur novels at home. I'll have to check for a complete list, but a few that I own are...
* Once and Future King (White)
* Tales of King Arthur (Steinbeck)
* Le Morte d'Arthur (Malory; English version)
There is also the KING ARTHUR movie (with Kiera Knightly) which was very Roman-centric and I liked quite a bit.
The Arthurian mythos can be found in both Gods, Demigods & Heroes (OD&D) and Deities & Demigods (AD&D), if my memory is correct, so there are some nice game resources out there.
What I find interesting is that, while the different sources all seem to agree on the main plotline, some of the details are different from one source to another. For example, Perceval and Galahad are different knights, but I've seen some sources credit Perceval as the one who finds the grail and others credit Galahad.
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Post by cadriel on Mar 20, 2015 11:47:31 GMT -5
What I find interesting is that, while the different sources all seem to agree on the main plotline, some of the details are different from one source to another. For example, Perceval and Galahad are different knights, but I've seen some sources credit Perceval as the one who finds the grail and others credit Galahad. That's the nature of Arthuriana: it's drawn from diverse and often contradictory chivalric romances, and a form such as Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur represents the culmination of centuries of different stories. The "main plotline" is a condensation of a lot of different plots into a larger cycle. The reason I love Malory so much is that he treats the whole thing as an occasion for a grand series of picaresque tales rather than focusing on the main storyline; he does eventually get to it, but he also tells the stories of knights like Balyn and Balan, Gareth, Gawain, Launcelot, Tristram and the rest. That, and I found Malory when I was a teenager and it has always felt right for me to have the Arthur story in a book full of archaic words. Penguin has published a pretty good selection of Arthuriana today. In addition to Malory, I also have a copy of Arthurian Romances by Chrétien de Troyes and (though I haven't read it) the anonymous Quest of the Holy Grail. |
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Post by The Archivist on Mar 24, 2015 11:27:30 GMT -5
You know what, The Archivist? You're a really resourceful member of this board! Every now and then when I log on I see you've posted lots of new information and useful links. I certainly haven't had the time to read it all through, but whenever I'm in the mood for reading some interesting and inspirational stuff that can be applied to RPG's I now I can just come here and start browsing through all your links. Thanks! Have an Exalt! Thank you, I enjoy your stuff to! Have an Exalt yourself! Part of my posts are my own part are posted as The Keeper of The Files from The Drive, don't ask, if I told you then.... |
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Post by The Archivist on Mar 24, 2015 11:28:14 GMT -5
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