Re: A Gamebook similar to CAS's style?
Posted by:
Radovarl (IP Logged)
Date: 30 November, 2014 09:29AM
Ancient History Wrote:
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> I'm not saying it wouldn't work, but it is often
> difficult to capture the kind of decadent fantasy
> of Clark Ashton Smith in a roleplaying game. A few
> games have used material from Smith - the Mystara
> setting for AD&D, and the retroclone Swordsmen and
> Sorcerers of Hyperborea come to mind - but I don't
> know of any that have quite captured his style.
> Maybe the Elric RPG comes closest, or Amber
> Diceless.
You might also want to check out the Dying Earth RPG from Pelgrane Press, based on the fantasy stories of Jack Vance. CAS was one (of several, including Wodehouse and Burroughs) influence on Vance's work, and he employed similarly florid language, albeit less in his descriptions than in dialogue. The Dying Earth RPG also incorporates some mechanics for reproducing the mood and tone of its milieu, which could be inspirational in lending your world the right "feel".