tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1986808191423355021.post8605903437216077655..comments2024-03-04T17:54:03.883-08:00Comments on The Graverobber's Guide: OSR Attitudes in Current Japanese Pop FantasyD. G. Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223239413672524446noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1986808191423355021.post-77599501712400864642018-11-09T03:51:44.427-08:002018-11-09T03:51:44.427-08:00"Imagination is a weapon, those who lack it a..."Imagination is a weapon, those who lack it are the first to do"<br /><br />Well said, faceless edgy anime protagonist! Goblin Slayer is definitely both OSR and gratuitously anime. Ah well, can't have everything I suppose. Thank you for the recommendation!Spwackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07247063374457045751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1986808191423355021.post-78013411568567078612018-11-08T02:10:45.975-08:002018-11-08T02:10:45.975-08:00I briefly touched on DQ monsters here: https://gra...I briefly touched on DQ monsters here: https://graverobbersguide.blogspot.com/2018/03/slime-and-silliness.html<br /><br />I think there are things you can't translate from a video game, like the XP grind, that are pretty fundamental to how monsters function in DQ. Any solution is probably going to be more about attitude and tone than mechanicsD. G. Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223239413672524446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1986808191423355021.post-33027983995302460902018-11-07T11:50:44.653-08:002018-11-07T11:50:44.653-08:00Thanks for this post, would love to see the "...Thanks for this post, would love to see the "weeaboo nonsense" tag keep growing.<br /><br />Would love to hear your thoughts on what a "DQ sensibility" might be and how it might overlap with OSR vibes. One of my ongoing struggles is making the monsters in my game feel more like those in DQ...Alex Chalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05288387168096568471noreply@blogger.com